Updated/Added: Dozens of new RealStyles and demos added. Various RealTracks and style fixes and improvements.

Band-in-a-Box DAW Plugin update to 1.11.7 is included:

Fixed: Issue with AAX version not being recognized in Pro Tools.

Fixed: Plugin may not be found due to a system file missing on some computers.

Added: VST3 version of the Band-in-a-Box DAW Plugin, installed to C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3. Recommended for most DAWs, unless they only support VST2.

Added: Stand-alone version of the DAW Plugin. This is installed to bb\BBPlugins\Files\. This exe is useful if a DAW doesn't support drag and drop, for troubleshooting, and for people who want a very simple Band-in-a-Box program just with Chordsheet and file generation, with drag and drop to Explorer.

Added: FX versions of the VST2 and VST3 Plugins for programs that don't recognize VST instruments, such as Audition. Installed to bb\BBPlugins\Files\. If you need these files, copy them from here to your VST folder.

Added: Support for MIDI velocity changes in styles. Use the Misc-More dialog in StyleMaker to set velocity changes in MIDI styles.

Added: Save As style feature has support for MIDI velocity changes if volumes aren't 90 on mixer when saved.

Updated: PDF Manual and Help.

Summary of Changes for Version 2018 Build 519 (June 19, 2018)

Fixed: Audio harmonies might be missing some notes.

Fixed: File > Open Special > Open Audio was importing audio instead of opening it in a new song.

Fixed: The Audio Harmony dialog was missing the new Band-in-a-Box Intelligent Mode.

Fixed: Audio harmonies would be generated with the wrong notes if selecting a range of audio in the middle of the track.

Added: Help Video button added to the Audio Harmony dialog.

Improved: The Audio Harmony Dialog has been rearranged to be more intuitive when using Band-in-a-Box Intelligent Mode.

Fixed: The Audio Harmony dialog needed some hints.

Fixed: Rendering audio while there is a region of bars highlighted in the chord sheet might cause a crash.

Fixed: It was not possible to record audio using WAS audio drivers if "Output always on" was disabled.

Fixed: Band-in-a-Box might crash on bootup with error "Read Beyond end of file".

Fixed: Saving a MIDI file would fail unless saving as type 1.

Fixed: Redundant flash messages were showing.

Fixed: The VJT application should print out its version number in log files.

Fixed: Band-in-a-Box should show message if the latest VJT application is not installed when the user tries to render videos.

Fixed: In the Bar Settings window, "Chordsheet and Notation - Start a New Line" should say "Notation - Start a New Line".

Added: Additional dialog available for detailed information in the StyleMaker (fields for memo, examples, and other parameters). These are set in the StyleMaker (more dialog, a button called "Style Memos etc").

Improved: Audio harmonies now used improved algorithms, and can be easily set using N voices above, M voices below (and have additional functions like duplicate melody, and dup. melody octave below).

Improved: Lyrics will be now read from .mid files that used to be karaoke files (.kar) and got renamed somewhere along the line.

Improved: ABC opening improvements with some accidentals, and leadin bars that occur in middle of song.

Fixed: Removing a custom drums from a track would still display Drums as the name of the loop in the track.

Fixed: Using a multi speaker layout (eg. 4 speakers surround sound) instead of stereo might cause failure to connect to audio hardware with error -9996. This only happened when using WAS as audio driver type.

Fixed: Access violation on bootup if using a Roland audio interface (ASIO) that is not connected.

Fixed: The Audio Chord Wizard would always run in English.

Fixed: If adjusting the number of choruses in your song, choosing Cancel is ignored when asked, "OK to adjust Melody track to fit new # of choruses?".

Fixed: Changing the number of choruses was not undo-able.

Fixed: Adjusting Melody or Soloist tracks to fit a new number of choruses was not undo-able.

Fixed: The Plugins window would be too small when using plugins that have a small GUI.

Fixed: When saving a Hybrid style for the first time, the File Save dialog should start in the Styles directory.

Fixed: "BBW.LST not found" errors when using the Hybrid Style maker dialog.

Fixed: The [.STY] button in the Hybrid Style maker dialog.

Fixed: Some Amplitube presets/styles/demos pointed to a preset which wasn't available in some installs.

Fixed: If a THRU harmony is selected, then Band-in-a-Box would freeze when soloing the Soloist or Thru tracks.

Fixed: Changing the color setting for "Window background" in the Audio Edit window had no effect.

Fixed: Hitting [Cancel] in the Audio Edit Settings dialog would cause a random zoom to occur.

Fixed: The [Sample] button in the Audio Edit window would zoom in to the far left of the screen, rather than to the cursor.

Fixed: If opening a song that was saved in the Mac version, a random character would be inserted at the beginning of these lead sheet fields: "Style", "Tempo", "Copyright", "Composer", and "Composer2".

Fixed: When exporting a video of the chord sheet, the the resulting video might be cropped.

Fixed: The drop station would take a few seconds to respond during the first attempt to drag and drop.

Summary of Changes for Version 2017 Build 467 (July 18, 2017)

Fixed: An "out of memory" error would occur in very long songs with lots of RealTracks. Some tracks would be silent when this happened. This might still happen, but the song size limit has doubled.

Fixed: The Event List editor window would only work for the Melody or Soloist tracks.

Fixed: If there were any style changes in a song, the Bar Settings layer would display "Style changes" on any bar that had any other type of changes (eg tempo, volume).

Improved: Elastique has been updated from version 3.1.8 to 3.1.11.

Fixed: Drag and drop would not extract the selected region on the chord sheet.

Fixed: "No Loop (WAV) chosen for this track" would display for some tracks in the Create Multi-Drums dialog.

Fixed: Booting up Band-in-a-Box by double-clicking on a song file would cause any song-based RealTracks to be removed.

Added: Several requested 'genre' user categories in the StylePicker.

Fixed: Sometimes RealTracks would play a dominant 7th chord for plain major triad song chords.

Summary of Changes for Version 2017 Build 463 (April 28, 2017)

Fixed: When associating file types with Band-in-a-Box, the user would get the success message "File types are now registered for songs..." when the process failed.

Fixed: When unassociating file types with Band-in-a-Box, the user would get the success message "File types are now NOT registered for songs..." when the process failed.

Fixed: If opening a Band-in-a-Box song from Windows explorer, and specifically choosing the "Open" command instead of "Play", playback would start anyway.

Fixed: Band-in-a-Box might ask to associate file in Windows Explorer even if they are already set.

Fixed: Right-clicking on a Band-in-a-Box song in explorer and selecting play would not open the song.

Fixed: Associating file types only works if the exe is named "bbw.exe".

Fixed: Various Conductor hot keys were not working.

Fixed: Some number-pad keys were not working in the song memo.

Fixed: Toggling Loop Section with the 1 key would not display a message.

Fixed: With factory settings, it appears as if "Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth" is selected in the MIDI driver setup dialog even though it is not. The user might click Cancel because it appears that the driver is already selected.

Fixed: When in the MIDI driver setup dialog, clicking on Audio Settings should connect/disconnect MIDI drivers. Eg. the user might be attempting to connect to ASIO4ALL, which often does not work with the Microsoft GS Wavetable MIDI driver.

Added: In the PDF manual, clicking on the Bookmarks navigation pane, Table of Contents, or Index will jump to the corresponding page. (Note: To use the navigational elements, you need to open the PDF manual in Adobe Reader.)

Fixed: Some RealTracks Artist Bio's typos/omissions.

If you encounter a problem or have a concern with any of the features in Band-in-a-Box®, do not hesitate to contact us. Oct 31, 2017

Fixed: The RealTracks picker might freeze if using a custom RealTracks folder location, and this folder does not exist (eg. an external hard drive is not connected, or re-connected with a different drive letter).

Fixed: If using Windows 10, holding down the mouse anywhere in the chord sheet window and scrolling the mouse wheel would cause Band-in-a-Box to immediately crash.

Fixed: When saving MusicXML files, slurs would be rejected by other programs that opened the files.

Fixed: After performing a drag and drop, the previous state of soloed tracks was not restored.

Fixed: Drag and drop of audio track would render Bass track instead.

Fixed: When using multiple monitors, some popup windows would be forced onto the primary monitor (eg. changing song title, changing track label).

Fixed: When using multiple monitors, Band-in-a-Box would not properly open to the previous size, position, and maximized state.

Fixed: Previewing chords in the chord sheet (Shift+Enter) or using the chord builder would eventually stop playing all the notes in the chord if using the "always on" setting for the audio driver (MME or ASIO).

Fixed: Splash screen was missing if running program in any language other than English.

Fixed: If using a 3/4 style, Band-in-a-Box would switch to the ZZJAZZ style (4/4) when launching the Audio Chord Wizard. This would cause an incorrect tempo map to be made afterwards.

Improved: If making a tempo map after using the Audio Chord Wizard, and the current style has a different time signature, you will be asked to choose a different style. If possible, you can choose to keep the current style, but the time signature of each bar will be set for you.

Fixed: Automatic updates were sometimes not working.

Fixed: Rendered WAV files would not be acidized if the option to normalize was enabled.

Added: Drums name is more descriptive in the drums panel of the mixer, e.g. saying "snare and high hat"instead of "snhh".

Summary of Changes for Version 2017 Build 458 (Feb 1, 2017)

Fixed: Band-in-a-Box might crash if using the "Silence" RealTracks.

Fixed: Tracks using the "Silence" RealTracks would display a blank label.

Fixed: The splash screen was not showing.

Fixed: The mixer might open off screen, and not be accessible.

Fixed: Multiple monitor support: floating windows would always open on the primary monitor. This applies to the Big Piano, Guitar, Mixer, Plugins, and Video window.

Fixed: Copy or Cut in the Audio Edit window would cause Band-in-a-Box to crash.

Fixed: Various situations will cause the Audio Edit window to crash. Eg. using the Vocal Synth dialog to import audio, opening the Audio Window, and pressing play would cause a crash.

Fixed: In the Vocal Synth dialog, choosing the first English vocalist would not work (the resulting audio file would just say "shhh" for every lyric).

Fixed: Band-in-a-Box might crash if opening or importing an audio file that is open by another application.

Fixed: The "ASIO Always On" setting for ASIO audio drivers was not working (ie MIDI output was silent if song not playing).

Fixed: The "Output always on" setting for MME audio drivers did not work for MIDI playback (eg. clicking on the pianos, chord previewing, notation editing, etc.). It only worked for triggering MIDI directly through plugin GUIs.

Fixed: In the Vocal Synth dialog, the vocalist selection was not sent correctly to the www.sinsy.jp server (eg. choosing Matsuo-P would use Xiang-Lang).

Changed: The new hot key for opening the Record MIDI dialog has been changed to CTRL+R.

Updated: Band-in-a-Box help file.

Summary of Changes for Version 2017 Build 457 (Jan 18, 2017)

Fixed: The tempo buttons should change by 5 with a left click, and 1 with a right click (was inverted from 2016 version behaviour).

Fixed: When exiting Band-in-a-Box while the song is still playing, and asked to save song, a number of cryptic messages will appear. A crash may occur with an "Invalid pointer operation" error.

Fixed: The Mute feature in the Loop Section Settings dialog was not working.

Fixed: Generate Track button in the RealTracks Picker not working during playback.

Fixed: The floating mixer would prevent keyboard input if it was focused.

Fixed: The [More...] button in the Notation window options dialog would open the "Options for BeStPlain Chord Symbol Font" dialog if that dialog had previously been opened by the [+] button.

Fixed: Strings might be missing on the main screen (eg any words on the mixer) if Band-in-a-Box was not run as administrator.

Fixed: Audio loops that are less beats than the time signature cause Band-in-a-Box to freeze while generating the song.

Fixed: Playing chords in the Chord Builder dialog did not show on the mixer pianos.

Improved: Playing consecutive chords in the Chord Builder dialog will have smoother sounding transistions.

Fixed: Using the right-click menu to mute or solo the Thru track would not apply to the right track.

Fixed: The Alt+2 hot key was not working for toggling mute for all tracks.

Fixed: In non-English versions, RealTracks that have not translated name (ie missing from RealTracksFolderNamesX.txt) should display the English title instead of the short RealTrack name. Eg. "1757:Accordion, Rhythm Pop8ths Ev 085" instead of "1757:Accordion, Rh Pop8ths Ev 085".

Fixed: Sforzando was not automatically added to the plugin list, so loading Hi-Q patches would not work unless the user previously added the .DLL to list manually.

Fixed: If erasing bar-based lyrics that were previously converted from line-based lyrics, the line-based lyrics would not be erased. This would cause the line-based lyrics to be converted to bar-based lyrics again the next time the song was opened.

Fixed: Some missing _wswing.sty demos.

Updated: Help file and Manual.

Fixed: Using Shift+Enter on the chord sheet to preview a chord would not produce any sound.

Fixed: In non-English versions, new RealTracks or MIDI SuperTracks would cause the track radios and mixer track labels to show numbers instead of proper names.

Fixed: In normal screen mode, the Transport and Views tool bars were not given priority when resizing the window smaller (ie they should be given more space than the Tools and Tracks tool bars).

Fixed: Some hints were not formatted properly, showing extra line breaks.

Fixed: The hot keys for muting tracks (eg. Alt+3) were not working.

Fixed: The hot keys for selecting the current track (eg. Ctrl+3) were not working.

Fixed: Switching tracks from another window (eg. Notation, Guitar, Big Piano) would not select the track radio or mixer panel.

Fixed: Songs with Artist Performance Tracks would have their audio base tempo reset when opened, and the tracks would play out of sync if the tempo was changed.

Fixed: StylePicker data corrections, including instrument displays.

Improved: Decibal offsets fine-tuned for many new (2017) RealStyles, and RealDrums.

Summary of Changes for Version 2017 Build 456 (Dec 23, 2016)

Fixed: Tracks that contained RealTracks that include RealCharts would display a list of MIDI plugins in the Plugins window.

Fixed: The "Mute" item from the Master track radio menu did not work.

Fixed: In non-English versions, the drop station would be blank the first time running Band-in-a-Box 2017.

Fixed: The mixer dials would not change to yellow when dragging.

Fixed: The new mixer buttons related to window sizing did not have hints.

Summary of Changes for Version 2017 Build 455 (Dec 22, 2016)

Added:The main screen mixer and floating mixer have been replaced with a new one. Here are some improvements of the new mixer:

It can be resized when floating.

When resized to a larger size, there is a new Tone slider instead of just the dial.

The piano shows animated keys when moving the mouse over them.

The piano keys are velocity-sensitive. Clicking on the bottom of the key will play maximum velocity (127), and clicking on the top will play minimum velocity (30).

The Solo buttons do not effect the status of the Mute buttons anymore. When un-soloing a track, the previous Mute state of all the tracks will be returned. Also, when a track is virtually muted, it will display a different Mute button image than if it is actually muted.

Soloing a track can be additive or subtractive now by right-clicking or Shift-clicking. This means that more than one track can be Soloed. Left-clicking will cause the old behaviour: that track will be the only solo'd track.

Fixed: If you play by double-clicking on a bar and move your cursor, bars are unintentionally highlighted.

Fixed: Sforzando should not be automatically added to the plugins list if the .dll file does not exist.

Fixed: The Custom toolbar would reset to factory every time Band-in-a-Box booted up if any button image files were missing.

Fixed: The drag and drop [+] dialog was not remembering the previously chosen settings.

Updated: Help file and manuals.

Updated: RealDrums memos and drum groove information added.

Fixed: RealTracks # 2553 played only holds.

Fixed: The chord sheet scroll bar was missing when starting Band-in-a-Box (would appear if the window was resized).

Fixed: There was a lot of flickering on the main toolbar when resizing the window.

Fixed: Opening or creating a new song would not update the freeze buttons on the mixer.

Fixed: Crash report logs were showing the wrong version of Band-in-a-Box.

Improved: Mixer did not have a border.

Updated: Small gui improvements to some bigtoolbar buttons.

Fixed: _FNKPLS3.STY appeared N/A

Summary of Changes for Version 2017 Build 454 (Dec 16, 2016)

Fixed: Problems saving custom toolbar configuration on some systems.

Fixed: Opening the Lead Sheet, moveable PianoRoll, or moveable Notation Window would cause the Audio Edit window to close.

Improved: Popup menus will open aligned to the button that opens them, instead of at the current mouse position.

Fixed: The Freeze and Simple popup menus did not display customized or auto-generated track names.

Fixed: The "101 Essential Riffs and Phrases" buttons in the Practice window would not open a song when chosen.

Fixed: Turning off MME "Output always on" would not take effect until exiting Band-in-a-Box.

Fixed: "C13#11", "C13#5#9#11", and "C13sus#5#9#11" were each list twice in the chord builder.

Added: "C13#5#9" and "C13sus#5#9" are new supported chords for Band-in-a-Box.

Fixed: Drag and drop from the drums track would not work if the track contained a RealTrack, and "Use VSTi/DXi Synth" is disabled in the MIDI/Audio Drivers Setup dialog.

Improved: If attempting to drag and drop onto the drop station, the [WAV], [M4A], and [WMA] quadrants might higlight red if the render cannot be done. A flash message explaining why will be displayed if the mouse is released over the quadrant.

Fixed: "Select Hi-Q MIDI Synth Patch" was not an available menu item for the Drums track.

Fixed: When choosing "Select Hi-Q MIDI Synth Patch" a warning flash message would be displayed if SampleTank is not installed.

Fixed: After done editing text in the Bar Lyrics layer, the Section Text layer, or editing a chord (eg using CTRL+F2), the application would lose focus and not allow chord entry. This might also cause a "ding!" to be heard.

Fixed: The width/height of print preview and save to jpg is preserved, and ratio checkbox added.

Fixed: The bar numbers are now drawn below the staff in the case of printout or LS displaying a single clef bass track.

Updated: Help files and manuals.

Summary of Changes for Version 2017 Build 453 (Dec 5, 2016)

Fixed: A full install with all available Band-in-a-Box content was showing a few Styles/Drums missing in the StylePicker.

Fixed: The styles M_CTRYSM.STY and M_CTRYSW.STY were producing error messages related to guitar macros for some customers.

Fixed: Style filter to show 2017 styles was showing 2016 styles.

Fixed: Any track with RealDrums, other than the Drums track, would be labeled "Loop".

Fixed: BeStPlain Chord Symbols font was not using various dedicated chord symbols (eg. C7b9) on the chord sheet.

Improved: Forced accidental entry and note type entry (normal, invisible, bend, etc.) both now use listboxes, so no pull down is required, and also now has a checkbox for making a bend displayed in notation window as quarter step below the target note.

Fixed: Notes at very start of a row in note roll were not visible.

Fixed: Wider than normal beat lines in note roll.

Updated: 2017 Help file updates.

Summary of Changes for Version 2017 Build 452 (Dec 2, 2016)

Fixed: If running the program in any language other than English, most of the main screen buttons were displaying in English. New buttons, and a few that have been altered will remain in English until official localized patches are ready.

Fixed: Using "L" in the chord sheet to loop bars was not working.

Fixed: "Separate files for each track" in the drop+ dialog did not work.

Fixed: After a drag and drop, the Audio track would appear to be muted even though it was not.

Fixed: The playback bar would not show the current bar.

Fixed: Clicking on playback bar would not select the current bar.

Fixed: The playback bar displayed some messy looking vertical lines.

Fixed: The 2017 upgrade manual was sometimes not found.

Fixed: The menu item "Help > Newest Features" was not opening the right help page.

Fixed: The menu item "Help > Help Topics > Tutorial Using the New Features of Version 2016" was not opening the right help page, and should say "2017".

Fixed: "Render Song to Audio Track" was not allowed if the song had not been saved to disk yet.

Fixed: "Render Song to Audio Track" was not undoable, and if killing an existing audio track, that was not undoable either.

Fixed: Polish characters did not display correctly in some dialogs.

Fixed: Error messages about QuickTime were not very clear. Now it should be more clear if the user needs a different version of QuickTime, or if it is not installed. In both cases the user is presented with a link to a page where they can install any version.

Fixed: If a track contains a RealTrack added by the Soloist dialog, then the track color shows as yellow instead of green.

Fixed: There were various inconsistencies with track colors between the mixer and the track radio controls.

Fixed: Auto-generated track labels do not work for RealTracks or MIDI SuperTracks if generated by the Soloist feature.

Fixed: Track label color was yellow for MIDI SuperTracks if generated by the Soloist feature.

Fixed: Closing the Conductor window with a hotkey instead of the [Close] button would cause the currently active text field to be ignored.

Summary of Changes for Version 2016 Build 436 (June 30, 2016)

Added: "Move current cell when playback stops" check box added to Preferences dialog. If enabled, the current cell will move to the last played bar when playback stops. Previously this option was always true, and could not be changed.

Fixed: Patch map files (.pat) would not load if containing blank lines. Note – this bug was only present in build 435.

Fixed: Files in the "DragDrop" folder (or custom folder) would be deleted when dragging to the drop station, or loading a different song.

Fixed: When attempting to render a video of the chord sheet, and the chord sheet was not currently visible, there would be an error.

Fixed: After using "Render Song to Audio Track" feature, attempting to render song would only include the audio track (if it exists). Instead a flash message would display, "Song is rendered to audio track , so copying file...".

Fixed: After using "Render Song to Audio Track" feature, a confusing flash message would display the next time loading the song, "Song is rendered to audio track, so audio track will pay the entire arrangement. Menu Play-UnRender from audio track to edit the song."

Fixed: Some songs with an audio track offset could not have the offset removed because the "Remove this point as Bar 1 of the song" menu item in (Audio Edit window right-click menu) was grayed out.

Fixed: Audio and video would be out of sync in a rendered chord sheet video if the song had an audio track offset (eg. after using the Audio Chord Wizard).

Fixed: Rendering a video of the chord sheet would sometimes shrink it and not restore its original size afterwards.

Fixed: Using "Permanently apply Bar 1 offset to track by deleting or inserting silence" in the Audio Edit window would provide the option to Undo the changes to the audio, but not restore the offset point.

Fixed: The audio range dialog would produce incorrect results if the "to" value was earlier than bar 0 (ie within bar -1).

Fixed: If a song had an audio track offset (and no tempo map), the the audio track would go out of sync when changing the tempo.

Summary of Changes for Version 2016 Build 435 (June 23, 2016)

Fixed: Clicking on the Print button in the Big Lyrics window would open the old version of the Options for Copy Lyrics to Clipboard dialog.

Fixed: Song memo did not show information about audio loops or UserTracks in song.

Fixed: Lines drawn under the stave in the lead sheet.

Fixed: The right-click menu in the Notation Window would not do anything if in non-editable mode.

Fixed: It is not possible to enter "Faug" as a slash chord, unless typing Roman Numerals ('iv') or Nashville Notation ('4') for the root.

Fixed: In the Notation Window, changing modes with the right-click menu would not highlight the correct mode button (eg. from editable to regular mode).

Added: "Highlight selected cell" checkbox added to Display Options. If enabled, the currently selected cell will be highlighted instead of just out-lined. Select "Cell highlighting" in the color picker to pick the highlighting color. This feature is useful for JAWS Screen Reader users.

Fixed: The lead sheet print range always defaulted to the first chorus.

Fixed: It is not possible to enter 'Fadd2' as a slash chord, unless typing Roman Numerals ('iv') or Nashville Notation ('4') for the root.

Updated: PDF User Guide.

Fixed: Diminished chords were recognized wrong when "Treat 'dim' chord as a diminished triad (Cdim5) instead of CDim7" setting was disabled. Entering a 'dim' or 'dim7' chord would result in a 'dim5' chord. Entering a 'dim5' chord would result in no chord.

Added: "Play when chosen" option added to StylePicker.

Fixed: The GUI for some VST plugins did not fit into the plugins window. An example plugin is XLN Addictive Drums 2.

Fixed: The GUI for some VST plugins sometimes change size, and the plugins window would not grow or shrink to match. An example plugin is the Roland soundCANVAS VA.

Updated: Help file.

Fixed: The Higher Banks dialog was limited to 1983 patches. The new limit is 10000.

Summary of Changes for Version 2016 Build 434 (May 11, 2016)

Fixed: The [Options] button in the Repeats dialog would open the old Display Options window.

Fixed: The track buttons in the notation window would sometimes cause random messages to appear.

Fixed: The song title subgenres were not translated in localized versions.

Fixed: Edit | Lyrics | Copy Lyrics to Clipboard did not work with bar-based lyrics.

Fixed: When "Start the ending 2 bars early" is enabled in Song Settings, the last 2 bars in the chordsheet would be grayed out. This should only happen if there is only 1 chorus in the song.

Fixed: When exiting the MIDI Driver Setup dialog by clicking OK, the MIDI latency setting would not be validated if using a DXi synth and an MME audio driver. This could cause the MIDI latency setting, and the audio latency setting to both be set to improper values.

Improved: When exiting the MIDI Driver Setup dialog by clicking OK, the user will be warned if the latency setting was changed automatically.

Improved: The redraw speed of the chordsheet during playback has been improved. This may be more noticeable on some machines than others.

Fixed: The song title in the Windows taskbar, and the ALT-TAB window was not updated immediately after loading a song.

Fixed: There were various impertinent flash messages displayed when toggling layers (Eg. "The chordsheet and notation are now set back to Concert...").

Fixed: The state of layers was not saved in between program sessions.

Added: There is a new setting in Options | Preferences | Display Options: "Auto-open/close editable layers". If enabled, any editable layers (Bar Lyrics & Section Text) will automatically open or close when opening songs. Eg. if a song has lyrics then the Bar Lyrics will become enabled. Previously this setting was always enabled and could not be changed by the user.

Added: Playback using MME audio drivers now detects glitches/stuttering. After playback has stopped, a green flash message will warn the user of audio stuttering, and suggest an increased audio latency setting.

Added: "Display warnings for detected audio stuttering" setting added to Options | Preferences | Audio. If enabled, and there is audio stuttering detected, a warning flash message will be displayed after playback has stopped. This only applies to MME audio drivers (not ASIO).

Fixed: When "Auto-adjust rows" was enabled in Display Options, the rows would not auto-adjust when opening a new song, creating a new song, or changing the length of the song.

Fixed: The "Auto-adjust rows" would not consider the number of columns (assumed 4).

Fixed: Chordsheet scrolling would not work with some mice and track pads.

Summary of Changes for Version 2016 Build 429 (Dec 18, 2015)

Fixed: "Convert line-based lyrics to bar-based lyrics" setting in the Overrides dialog would not get reset when clicking on the [Defaults] button.

Fixed: Overrides dialog did not have proper hints for new bar-based lyrics items.

Fixed: Clicking [Convert now...] for converting line-based lyrics to bar-based lyrics would not automatically turn on the Bar Lyrics layer.

Fixed: Bar Lyrics layer and Section Text layer would only allow a maximum of 127 characters be typed in (rather than 255).

Fixed: When loading an acid loop that is tagged as "one-shot", then "Stretch Tempo" should not be checked in the loops dialog.

Fixed: 'Panic!' and 'Panic should also Reset DXi synth' items were missing from the Play menu.

Fixed: Leadsheet did not show bar-based lyrics.

Fixed: Some cases of editing the song (eg. entering chords) would not show the file as being edited in the title bar ("*"), and you would not be prompted to save your song when exiting or opening another song.

Fixed: Symbols on the right of the chord cell would force chord font to be small on beats 3 or 4.

Fixed: The chord cells would always be evenly divided (widths), but they should always meet in the center of the box (eg. when there is a repeat symbol on the right, only beats 3 & 4 should be squished).

Fixed: After editing a song, when asked if you want to save your song, the Save As dialog would always appear even if you had picked a file name for your song previously.

Fixed: Sometimes the new Style Picker would show additional scrollbars.

Fixed: The bar & beat numbers in the title bar would be incorrect.

Fixed: Opening a new song did not move cursor to bar 1.

Fixed: The description of Bar Settings changes in the title bar would sometimes not show the right bar number (eg. in songs with time signature changes).

Fixed: The current cell/bar on the chordsheet was not in sync with the notation and leadsheet windows.

Fixed: Display Options dialog would not appear, and freeze Band-in-a-Box until ESC key pressed. This would only happen with low resolution monitors.

Fixed: Possible application crash when opening the Display Options.

Fixed: Some machines (likely with their operating system set to something less than 32bit color) will crash on bootup.

Fixed: After entering a chord into the chordsheet, it would not appear in the leadsheet.

Fixed: Sometimes the Style Picker would take a long time to open.

Fixed: Style Picker now has a new filter for showing or not showing styles that are use missing RealTracks or RealDrums (Other | Show Styles with RealTracks/RealDrums that are Found/Not Found [RT n/a]...).

Improved: Download Manager - Automatically installs files only after all downloads complete, and gives message suggesting to close BB. This is intended to avoid conflicts and reduce the chance of failed installs.

The patch installs many RealTracks updates; make sure to select the correct RealTracks and Drums folders so those files can be updated.

Summary of Changes for Version 2015 Build 417 (April 21, 2015)

Added: Extra information written to audio files so that DAWS like SONAR, Presonus, Reaper etc. will read the tempo of the WAV file and stretch it if necessary. Note that "Include Acid info" must be selected in the Wave Render settings dialog (Press WAV button for this).

Summary of Changes for Version 2015 Build 416 (April 14, 2015)

Fixed: Audio transpose was sometimes set to non zero value.

Fixed: Program would sometimes hang on exit, if ASIO used and MSGSWavetable used.

Fixed: notation highlight with color notes fixed.

Fixed: notation with titlebar sizing issue.

Added: debug crash report now created.

Fixed: 'remember window size and position' not working.

Fixed: double clicking on a song to load didn't work if load last song at bootup was true.

Fixed: output chords now saved, with a warning if you have this set.

Fixed: Individual track (either by drag-n-drop or when "One WAV file per Track" was enabled in Render dialog) were not acidized.

Improved: Updates dialog makes reports in bb\Data folder showing which files need to be updated. Each report is the same name as the update patch installer with "_files_report.txt" appended.

Fixed: Automatic updates could cause crash if server data was corrupt, missing, or there was no Internet connection.

Fixed: Setting audio transpose amount (either by doing it manually in Song Settings dialog, or automatically when transposing the song) was being set when there were was no Audio track, or Artist Performance Tracks in the song. This could cause a transpose amount other than zero before an audio track was added.

Fixed: Save As Video feature would not include tempo changes in audio if the song was MIDI only.

Fixed: Save As Video feature would sometimes be out of sync if song had tempo changes.

Improved: About dialog shows an improved list of contact information.

Fixed: (for localized versions) the tilde ~ or ~~ characters (indicating tempo swapping) were missing from the RealTracks names in the Mixer.

Fixed: (for localized versions) some dialogs were not wide enough to show all of the text in some languages.

Updated: Version of Band-in-a-Box® Server is updated to version 2.0.1.5058.

Fixed: Acidized rendered WAV files were set to the wrong key if the song key was minor or sharp.

Fixed: When rendering a track or whole song using drag-n-drop, the file would not be acidized if a region was selected in the chordsheet.

Fixed: Some of the buttons in the Piano Roll, Audio Edit, and Notation windows would disappear, and other screen artifacts would appear, when expanding the mixer (eg. Thru or Audio) or toggling fullscreen mode.

Fixed: Access violation error message when sometimes opening the Lead Sheet window, if one of the custom track names was blank.

Fixed: Choosing 'Silence' as a RealTrack would create a blank track label.

Fixed: Access violation would occur when leaving the Notation Window Options dialog, if the dialog was opened from the Lead Sheet Options dialog.

Fixed: Choosing a custom MIDI style would not show in the RealTracks Picker dialog.

Fixed: Save to Video feature would give the message, "... pixels is an invalid Width..." when disabling "Custom dimensions".

This patch will update Band-in-a-Box® 2015 to Build 415 from any previous 2015 build. If you currently have build 413 or earlier, you may wish to download the full 2015 update patch, which includes some additional RealTracks updates.

Audiophile users can download this larger Audiophile update instead, which has some .wav specific updates.

The patch installs many RealTracks updates; make sure to select the correct RealTracks and Drums folders so those files can be updated.

Added: Some additional Shots and Holds for the most recent instruments.

Fixed: Some demos songs with incorrect Hi-Q assignments.

Fixed: Audiophile version crash when some specific holds files were used.

Summary of Changes for Version 2015 Build 412 (Dec 15, 2014)

** Major feature added **:
Save as Video. Now you can save your Band-in-a-Box® song composition as a video, that you can upload to YouTube or work with in video programs. Just press the [Save as] button and choose 'Save as Video'. The 'video' portion is the chordsheet in Band-in-a-Box® that shows the chords and a highlighted bar moving as the song plays. Song title and song info displays at the top of the window. For example, you can make a backing track for a cool chord progression, and upload it to YouTube for others to play along to. Do a visual transpose and upload a second version for Bb tenor sax players.

Fixed: When no mp3 codecs were available and render was chosen to mp3, program was sometimes locking up.

Fixed: Icon changed for 2015 new features in some menus.

Fixed: Most HiQ instruments have been updated - fixed tuning problems and one sustained note problem.

This patch will update Band-in-a-Box® 2014 to Build 386 from any previous 2014 build. The update must be installed into your existing Band-in-a-Box® 2014 folder.

If you have build 379 or earlier, you may wish to download this full patch (250 MB) which includes some RealTracks updates (only applicable to users who have build 379 or earlier).

You need to have both Band-in-a-Box® and Band-in-a-Box® Server closed prior to installing this update. Band-in-a-Box® Server is the process that interacts with remote apps. To close it, right click on the icon (white and green musical note) in your task bar (bottom-right of your computer screen) and select Exit.

The patch installs some RealTracks updates; make sure to select the correct RealTracks and Drums folders so those files can be updated.

Summary of Changes for Version 2014 Build 386 (Sept 30, 2014)

Fixed: RealDrums dialog was showing an error msg in build 385.

Improved: Big Piano Window is now sizeable. Drag the window to the height, width that you want. This can be useful, for example, when recording a youtube video, match the size to the size of the piano to a video of a real piano, so that you set the same # of octaves to display - then match the width. There are also preset buttons for 40,40,75,100% of piano size in the big piano options dialog.

Fixed: (Japanese and Chinese version only). Entry of title was sometimes opening a text entry IME dialog.

Summary of Changes for Version 2014 Build 385 (Sept 25, 2014)

Fixed: The audio track (if present) was not rendering when drag/drop was used.

Added: Enhanced support for Fretlight® guitar, including
-left-handed Fretlight® support.
-option to not auto-open guitar window with playback.
-option to show scales on Fretlight®.
-bend notes now display on Fretlight®
-clickable Frelight® Ready icon to browse to http://www.fretlight.com website.
-These features are accessible from the guitar settings dialog in the guitar window of Band-in-a-Box®.
-left-handed Fretlight® support.

This patch will update Band-in-a-Box® 2014 to Build 384 from any previous 2014 build. The update must be installed into your existing Band-in-a-Box® 2014 folder.

If you have build 379 or earlier, you may wish to download this full patch (240 MB) which includes some RealTracks updates (only applicable to users who have build 379 or earlier).

You need to have both Band-in-a-Box® and Band-in-a-Box® Server closed prior to installing this update. Band-in-a-Box® Server is the process that interacts with remote apps. To close it, right click on the icon (white and green musical note) in your task bar (bottom-right of your computer screen) and select Exit.

The patch installs some RealTracks updates; make sure to select the correct RealTracks and Drums folders so those files can be updated.

Summary of Changes for Version 2014 Build 384 (July 18, 2014)

Fixed: Guitar glitch when changing fret positions (redraw took a long time).

Fixed: Guitar fretboard drawing glitch for the open position.

Changed: Notation, editable notation, when TrackType is Guitar: when entering notes using guitar tab, notes get entered on the last guitar tab string clicked on. Now if you want to stop that mode, actions like changing the track, or the notation mode will reset it so that clicking a note isn't in the guitar tab mode still.

Summary of Changes for Version 2014 Build 383 (July 15, 2014)

Improved: Guitar Tab notation entry improved. Clicking on tab in editable notation (after setting tracktype to guitar), will then set the next note to be inserted on that string.

Fixed: Tab font was too big on leadsheet.

Fixed: & was displaying for some styles with & in the name, such as R&B.sty.

Fixed: Drums demos with # in the name were not playing from the internet.

Fixed: Audio play from bar 1 offset fixed, on songs without tempo changes.

Fixed: Audio track, option in Render dialog to include/exclude audio track in render wasn't working in all cases.

Fixed: Audio Track volume not being saved with the song.

Fixed: When the option to show the Channel Numbers for the note names is selected, and you are in Staff Roll notation mode, the channel numbers appear behind the blue lines. This makes it difficult to see the numbers in this format.

Fixed: If I have all MIDI tracks in the song then changing the "THIS SONG" volume setting works ok within BiaB but makes no difference to the exported ".wav" file. That is you can have it all the way up or down but the exported ".wav" is still the same volume.

Fixed: Audition file for styles was looking for a RealDrums demo for some songs that already had RealDrums in them.

Fixed: Some users with a recent Windows update needed to re-activate the program (ie delete tickets and re-activate).

Added: Full Band-in-a-Box® 2014 User Guide

Summary of Changes for Version 2014 Build 380 (Dec 19, 2013)

Added: On-screen piano is now "clickable". Click on any track of the piano on the mixer, to hear that note (using the current MIDI patch of the track clicked). This also adds to the notation (if in editable notation mode) at the current time.

Fixed: Menu item for Melody Embellisher wasn't working.

Added: Play From button wasn't showing on the arrow menu when it was hidden from the main menu. Same for WAV, Prefs, ChordBuilder, RealTracks and RealDrums buttons.

Fixed: Access Violation occurring when top menu was clicked on in some cases (certain songs with frozen tracks).

Summary of Changes for Version 2014 Build 379 (Dec 12, 2013)

Added: Full screen (no GUI) mode. Press Ctrl T, and the top toolbar disappears. This makes the chord screen (and notation window, audio edit, piano roll) full screen. This is most useful for people with lo-res displays, where the toolbars are taking up too much of the screen, or those who want a clean look. If you set this, most options need to be done via menus, or pressing Ctrl-T again to toggle back the full display.

Changed: Flash Messages (yellow information messages) now bottom right, instead of top right, so they don't partially cover the mixer.

Added: Fine tuning the mixer sliders. Changing mixer #s by left click drag. You can now left click and drag the #s beside the mixer sliders, and this will allow fine tuning the values. Right click to type in the value.

Fixed: Freeze-up sometimes could occur when mixer window was open and audio track was displayed.

Added: Additional shots and holds files for new RealTracks are added. (Note: Holds193 does not exist).

Fixed: Miscellaneous minor fixes to demo songs included with RealTracks sets 188-205, such as typos and missing song titles.

Added: Documentation - Setting for RealDrums Reverb. This feature was not previously documented. In RealDrums, Prefs there is a setting for Amount of Reverb to RealDrums. Normally no reverb is added to Drums. But if you want some added, you can set it here.

Added: Documentation - Volume adjustment for Real Drum Pushes. This feature was not previously documented. RealDrums - Preferences: Adjust Push Velocity. This makes a dB adjustment to RealDrums drum pushes (there was already one for shots, just not pushes).

Added: Strings externalized including graphics.

Fixed: Spacebar key in RealTracks Picker and StylePicker dialog wasn't working correctly in the Filter edit control (was triggering a Preview).

Summary of Changes for Version 2014 Build 378 (Dec 06, 2013)

Added: We've added more material to the strings RealTracks! (included in the BonusPAK). The strings styles now have much more varied playing and can play complex chords. Simple arrangements are also available.

Fixed: Spacebar for preview was beeping in certain cases.

Fixed: Song title wasn't defaulting to untitled on bootup in some cases.

Fixed: After Vocal Synth, File-Open was forgetting the current directory.

Summary of Changes for Version 2014 Build 377 (Dec 04, 2013)

Changed: Instead of mixer tracks saying <not used> or <empty>, the name is just blank. This was a requested change, to have a cleaner look on the mixer.

Added: Tempo Spin control on main screen enhanced. Right click or Shift Click now changes by 1, without spinning unpredictably to higher values. Text doesn't highlight implying that it's editable.

Fixed: Previews in StylePicker, RealDrums Picker, RealTracks Picker, and Main Screen (Style button - Preview style) now shut off ASIO when needed to work correctly (ASIO is started when needed afterwards).

Added: Pressing <SPACEBAR> key now works for previews in StylePicker, RealDrums Picker, and RealTracks Picker.

Updated March 27, 2013

This will update Band-in-a-Box® Server to version 2 Build 5048 from any previous build. Band-in-a-Box® Server allows the desktop version of Band-in-a-Box® to communicate with the Band-in-a-Box®, BB Remote, and RealBand Remote apps for iPhone and Android.

The newest build of Band-in-a-Box® Server adds support for RealBand Remote for Android, and improves the reliability of some server connections.

The previous build (Build 5046 - Dec 2012) added support for the iPhone version of RealBand Remote. Note that RealBand Remote also requires the desktop version of Band-in-a-Box® and RealBand 2013.

If you need a previous version of Band-in-a-Box® Server (Version 2 Build 2939) for any reason, you can download it here.

If you want to find out your version of Band-in-a-Box® Server, you can right-click on the green and white musical note icon in your taskbar and select "About".

You need to have Band-in-a-Box® 2011 or higher for this update to work, since previous Band-in-a-Box® versions did not include Band-in-a-Box® Server. Install the update to your existing bb folder.

This patch will update Band-in-a-Box® 2013 to Build 366 from any previous 2013 build. If you haven't previously downloaded the build 365 patch, you may wish to download download this much larger (280 MB) full update patch (includes all updates since 2013 was released). The update must be installed into your existing Band-in-a-Box® 2013 folder.

You need to have both Band-in-a-Box® and Band-in-a-Box® Server closed prior to installing this update. Band-in-a-Box® Server is the process that interacts with remote apps. To close it, right click on the icon (white and green musical note) in your task bar (bottom-right of your computer screen) and select Exit.

The patch installs some RealTracks updates; make sure to select the correct RealTracks and Drums folders so those files can be updated.

Summary of Changes for Build 366 (Jan 09, 2013)

Added: Visual Transpose "Non-Concert" button enhanced.

Visual Transpose button now has settings for Guitar Capo. For example, if you set Guitar Capo to +2, then if you enter a D chord, it will play as an E chord, but display as a D chord. (same with entering notes on notation)

Visual Transpose button now has settings for Tuning Guitar down by # of semitones. For example, if you set to tune guitar down by 1 semitone, a song entered in E will display in E, but play in Eb.

Visual Transpose button now has settings for visual transposing by any amount.

Improved: Now no drum cymbal crash will happen on bar 1 for RealDrums (and the first bar of the first chorus), if you set Prefs-Arrange-First Bar of Chorus Gets a Drum Cymbal Crash to FALSE.

Improved: '\' character removed from the display of RealTracks names in various dialogs.

Improved: Genre classification when choosing best RealTracks.

Improved: Band button instrument list better, and now says (solo) for soloists.

Improved: Strings externalized for Non-English versions. Variation names show up in filter for non-English RT searches.

Fixed: Some songs with time signature changes were not syncing (typically when using Bluegrass styles).

Fixed: Improvements in some RealTracks Bluegrass bass parts.

Fixed: If a style had no RealDrums, and also no MIDI patterns in any instrument, you couldn't add a RealDrums, or fills would be in the wrong place.

Fixed: Hotkeys for Rests, Shots and Holds.

Fixed: Some chords like C7...4 or C9…4 were not entering the holds for 4 bars as requested.

Improved: Bootup messages about RealDrums RealTracks not found now won't show if you have these items disabled in Prefs (ie Prefs-RealTracks- RealTracks enabled=false).

Fixed: Choose from Best RealTracks dialog. The [Default] button only enables 'Include variations' but does not affect checkboxes of 'types' of RealTracks.

Improved: Woodshed Tempo button in Practice Window.

Added: New Tips of the day, for BB 2013.

Improved: In Song Form dialog, now issues an Auto warning yellow message if song forms are all consecutive (i.e. the user might be mis-entering the data as bar number to end, instead of number of bars.

Updated: 2013 PDF User's Guide.

Updated: Better memos (in the RealTracks Picker) for the RealTracks released in Dec. 2012.

Fixed: All available styles have been checked to confirm they have the correct resolution (even or swing) in the notation window.

Improved: Some RealTracks demos in Sets 170-176 are improved.

Summary of Changes for Build 365b (Dec 13, 2012)

Updated: Improved and accurate notation for all three Artist Performance sets.

Added: Full Band-in-a-Box® 2013 User's Guide PDF.

Added: There are 34 additional RealTracks that have been given new simple variations. These are updated if you already have those RealTracks installed.

Fixed: There were many RealTracks with simple variations that weren't showing as having simple variations in the RealTracks Picker, and these may not have always been using simple riffs. The total number of RealTracks with simple variations is now over 400.

Fixed: EuroDance and BluesRock128 RealDrums styles info is updated in the RealDrums Picker.

Updated: StylePicker list is improved, and the new SuperStyles and RealStyles appear in more categories.

Added: Shots and holds have been added for the R&B Horns (RealTracks Set 176). There are now shots and holds databases up to #260.

Updated: Shots and holds work much better with the new RealTracks (in sets 170-187).

Summary of Changes for Build 362 (Dec 3, 2012)

Fixed: Reverb was being set to 127 on bass sometimes.

Changed: Songs saved with Hi-Q instruments now just save the name of the Hi-Q instrument, not the entire setup file (tgs). (the setup file is present in c:\bb\DX Settings) So the song files stay tiny, and will work long into the future, as the Hi-Q instruments change.

Fixed: Problem installing Print to PDF (PDF995).

Fixed: Two missing RT 172 (EuroDance) folders.

Updated: Band-in-a-Box® Server has improved localization support.

Fixed: Small problem with Hi-Q instrument 26.

Updated: Help file.

If you encounter a problem or have a concern with any of the features in Band-in-a-Box®, do not hesitate to contact us. Updated Jan 09, 2013

This patch will update Band-in-a-Box® 2012.5 to Build 357 from any previous 2012.5 build. The update must be installed into your existing Band-in-a-Box® 2012.5 folder.

You need to have both Band-in-a-Box® and Band-in-a-Box® Server closed prior to installing this update. Band-in-a-Box® Server is the process that interacts with remote apps. To close it, right click on the icon (white and green musical note) in your task bar (bottom-right of your computer screen) and select Exit.

The patch installs some RealTracks updates; make sure to select the correct RealTracks and Drums folders so those files can be updated.

Summary of Changes for Build 357 (August 15, 2012)

Fixed: MIDI files from MIDI SuperTracks and some RealCharts were not showing correct durations in some cases.

Fixed: Some RealTracks with simple variations still not showing in RealTracks Picker in some cases.

Fixed: In some cases, after installing from a PG Music hard drive to computer (option 2 or 3), MIDI SuperStyles weren't showing up.

Fixed: Some of the newer RealTracks artists not showing in the StylePicker filter.

Fixed: In some specific situations, Band-in-a-Box® would display a spurious "keep take?" message during regular playback.

Updated: Some RealTracks Picker memos are improved.

Updated: 2012.5 Help file.

Added: 2012.5 User's Guide.

Summary of Changes for Build 356 (August 8, 2012)

Fixed: The F5 Bar Settings dialog changes weren't working for MIDI SuperTracks in some cases.

Fixed: Help - Run Upgrade menu command was not showing the correct manual.

This patch will update Band-in-a-Box® 2012 to Build 350 from any previous 2012 build. The update must be installed into your existing Band-in-a-Box® 2012 folder.

You need to have both Band-in-a-Box® and Band-in-a-Box® Server closed prior to installing this update. Band-in-a-Box® Server is the process that interacts with remote apps. To close it, right click on the icon (white and green musical note) in your task bar (bottom-right of your computer screen) and select Exit.

The patch installs some RealTracks updates; make sure to select the correct RealTracks and Drums folders so those files can be updated.

Summary of Changes for Build 350 (August 21, 2012)

Updated: Support for RealTracks Sets 155-169

Summary of Changes for Build 350 (April 24, 2012)

Improved: ASIO stability and timing with large buffers is improved. MIDI soft-synth timing with large ASIO buffers is much better, although still will remain dependent on the speed of the computer, the nature of the DXi or VSTi synths used, and the quality of the ASIO drivers.

Fixed: Vulnerability related to multi-threading, which could explain some of the reported intermittent, un-reproducible crashes with ASIO.

Fixed: Song-based RealTracks were sometimes being removed when starting Band-in-a-Box® by double-clicking on a song.

Fixed: Using a different MIDI style was sometimes wiping out another MIDI track.

Added: When picking a custom MIDI style, the stylepicker memo now names the tracks for each instrument.

Fixed: Loops were sometimes mono instead of stereo.

Added: Band-in-a-Box® can now load more types of audio files for loops (unusual .wav formats etc.).

Improved: Flash message colors improved (green for messages that you can click on).

Fixed: MIDI from a style was surviving sometimes when a loop was set.

Fixed: Some mixer drawing issues for custom slider.

Improved: Safety code added to prevent plugins crashing program if memory/resources are low.

Fixed: Intermittent "lost plugins" issues when a set of plugins has been saved to a song, and then later when the song is reloaded some saved plugins do not get inserted.

Added Feb 1, 2012

Updated: The latest version of Band-in-a-Box® Server (Version 2 Build 2939) is now included in the patch. Band-in-a-Box® Server is used to connect to the Band-in-a-Box® and BB Remote apps for iphone / Android.

Summary of Changes for Build 349 (Dec 14, 2011)

Added: AmpliTube .STY files and .SGU demo songs. These are styles we've made that load in specific AmpliTube presets. They can be opened from the AmpliTube category near the bottom of the StylePicker.

Added: Loops .STY files and .SGU/.MGU demo songs. These can be opened from the Loops category near the bottom of the StylePicker.

Fixed: Occasional 'BluesRockEv^ missing' error.

Fixed: Crash when using Band-in-a-Box® Server with iPhone/Android apps.

Fixed: Some "BB2012 Tutorial" style demos not loading from StylePicker.

Improved: Some AmpliTube presets tweaked.

Improved: For Non-English versions, RealTracksFolderNamesX.txt implemented to allow fuller names of realtracks in various realtracks list.

This patch installs Build 329 and will update any Band-in-a-Box® 2011.5 build. It must be installed into your existing Band-in-a-Box® 2011.5 folder.

You need to have both Band-in-a-Box® and Band-in-a-Box® Server closed prior to installing this update. Band-in-a-Box® Server is the process that interacts with remote apps. To close it, right click on the icon (white and green musical note) in your task bar (bottom-right of your computer screen) and select Exit.

Note: If you are updating a hard drive edition of Band-in-a-Box®, be sure to select the correct destination directory -
either X:\bb (where X is your USB drive letter) or X:\PGMusic\Programs\bb if the hard drive was purchased prior to September 2009.

Added Feb 1, 2012

Updated: The latest version of Band-in-a-Box® Server (Version 2 Build 2939) is now included in the patch. Band-in-a-Box® Server is used to connect to the Band-in-a-Box® and BB Remote apps for iphone / Android.

Summary of Changes for Build 329 (August 25, 2011)

Fixed: Occasional exception if a RealDrums had a huge number of patterns.

Fixed: Possible Mixer Window exception if opening on a small screen (800x600 or less).

Fixed: Mixer Window wasn't remembering open status correctly if closed with close box.

This patch installs Build 319 and will update any Band-in-a-Box® 2011 build. It must be installed into your existing Band-in-a-Box® 2011 folder.

Note: If you are updating a hard drive edition of Band-in-a-Box®, be sure to select the correct destination directory -
either X:\bb (where X is your USB drive letter) or X:\PGMusic\Programs\bb if the hard drive was purchased prior to September 2009.

Added Feb 1, 2012

Updated: The latest version of Band-in-a-Box® Server (Version 2 Build 2939) is now included in the patch. Band-in-a-Box® Server is used to connect to the Band-in-a-Box® and BB Remote apps for iphone / Android.

Fixed: Some style memos in stylepicker were listing drums when drums were not present (e.g. gypsy jazz styles).

Changed: Suppressed message, "for best results set tempo to ###".

Fixed: Frozen soloist was not showing up as green in some cases.

Added: The realtracks picker used for realtracks changes, making medleys, or stylemaker, now allows multiple search terms, e.g. you can type "blues guitar " to see any RealTracks with all of those words.

Added: Artist name now a search term in the RealTracks pickers from f5 dialog, medley maker and stylemaker, for example "Guitar Oliver" would show RealTracks with Artist Oliver Gannon.

Improved: Copy/paste import/export in Soloist works for the extra information found by pressing the Soloist Editor-More button.

Summary of Changes for Build 314 (February 8, 2011)

Fixed: RealDrums Picker was sometimes giving a List Index out of bounds error, when a filter was in use.

Fixed: When using the Fade out feature in the Song Settings window with RealTracks that have 4-bar endings: The track fades out as desired, but then it gets un-muted during the last two bars of the 4-bar ending.

Fixed: If there is a style change in the song, the bass track disappears in the first style after it is frozen.

Fixed: Muting Realtracks (especially soloist RT) in bar #1 (via F5) didn't mute the notes played on bar 0; in these cases you would hear part of the line played by the RT just before bar 1.

This small patch will update the Coyote WaveTable to the most recent version. It requires that you already have the Coyote installed. If not, install the full Band-in-a-Box® (2010 or 2011) update patch instead - that will also install the most recent Coyote WaveTable.

Note: If the CoyoteWT shows up in the DirectX dialog, and it is version 1.1 (right-click on the Coyote control panel and select About...), then you don't need this patch.

Summary of Changes (May 18, 2011)

Fixed: Coyote WaveTable wasn't showing up in the DirectX dialog on some computers.

Fixed: Sustain pedal controller sometimes wasn't working properly.

If you encounter a problem or have a concern with any of the features in Band-in-a-Box®, do not hesitate to contact us. Updated May 18, 2011

RealTracks and RealBand updates

This patch will update Band-in-a-Box® to Version 2010.5 (Build 308) from any previous Band-in-a-Box® 2010 or 2010.5 build. The update must be installed into your existing Band-in-a-Box® 2010 folder.

It will also optionally install the Coyote WaveTable, which is a DXi synth that can be used on both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows. This is primarily intended for 64-bit Windows Vista and 7 users who are unable to use the Roland VSC-DXi, since the VSC is only compatible with 32-bit versions of Windows. To use the Coyote synth, click 'Use DXi/VST synth" in the MIDI Driver Setup, and select "CoyoteWT" in the DirectX/VST window.

Note: If you are updating a hard drive edition of Band-in-a-Box®, be sure to select the correct destination directory - either X:\bb (where X is your USB drive letter) or X:\PGMusic\Programs\bb if the hard drive was purchased prior to September 2009.

This patch will update Band-in-a-Box® to Version 2010.5 (Build 304) from any previous Band-in-a-Box® 2010 or 2010.5 build. The update must be installed into your existing Band-in-a-Box® 2010 folder.

Band-in-a-Box® 2010.5 added over 40 new features and enhancements since version 2010

It will also optionally install the Coyote WaveTable, which is a DXi synth that can be used on both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows. This is primarily intended for 64-bit Windows Vista and 7 users who are unable to use the Roland VSC-DXi, since the VSC is only compatible with 32-bit versions of Windows. To use the Coyote synth, click 'Use DXi/VST synth" in the MIDI Driver Setup, and select "CoyoteWT" in the DirectX/VST window.

Note: If you are updating a hard drive edition of Band-in-a-Box®, be sure to select the correct destination directory - either X:\bb (where X is your USB drive letter) or X:\PGMusic\Programs\bb if the hard drive was purchased prior to September 2009.

Summary of Changes for Build 304 (July 14 2010)

Fixed: Lyrics issue in non-English versions. This build (304) is the same as build 303, except for a small fix for non-English versions. If you are already using English build 303, there is no reason to install build 304 (although there is no harm in doing so).

Summary of Changes for Build 303 (July 6 2010)

Changed: If you load a style, it will erase the song's settings for RealTracks for the 5 instrument parts. Note: This won't erase song realtracks set for Melody or Soloist, unless they are used in the style). So if you want to add a song RealTracks instrument that sticks as you use different styles, either freeze the track, or use the melody or soloist track.

Fixed: Functions to Change all songs to a specific style, or tempo wasn't running in some cases.

Added: Message if song has style changes with RealTracks, since those are not supported.

Updated: PDF manual updated.

Summary of Changes for Build 301 (June 24 2010)

Added: The StylePicker now has a filter to show/hide Real or MIDI styles. So if you only want to see MIDI styles, or if you only want to see styles that use some/all RealTracks, you can set this.

Added: If you like the current mix (of volumes, panning, reverb), and you want this applied as a default for all songs, you can now set this by right-clicking on the Combo radio control. Choose "Make Current Mix the Default", "Load Default Mix" or "Reset Mix (to factory defaults)".

Improved: RealTracks naturally occurring pushes are enhanced in many styles. This requires updating the ST2/XT2 files, and these are included in RealTracks and Band-in-a-Box® 2010.5 updates.

Added: When rendering, you can now add a dB amount to the whole mix, so that the mix will be louder or softer. There is automatic "peak-limiting" added, so that the music will not distort if you set it too high.

Improved: For Audio Track rendering, Reverb is now added to the mix if there is Reverb set for the audio track.

Added: Styles can now be made that are set to use Half-Time and Double-Time RealTracks. For example, you can make a Jazz Ballad style (tempo 65) that uses a Sax Soloist at tempo 140 (playing double time). The StyleMaker- Misc-More dialog now has setting called TimeBase: Normal/HalfTime/DoubleTime for RealTracks.

Added: MIDI Styles can now be expanded or reduced. For example, if you have a Bluegrass style at a typical tempo of 130 that is 16ths note based, and you would prefer it as a style that is 8th note based at a typical tempo of 260, you can do this in the StyleMaker by selecting the menu item Style-Expand. Style-Reduce is available also for styles that you want to reduce from 8th notes to 16th notes.

Added: If Band-in-a-Box® cannot find your RealTracks folder or your Drums folder, a yellow hint message appears at bootup to alert you to that, and tells you how to fix it: "Note: You have RealTracks installed, but none are found in your RealTracks folder. You should point to your correct RealTracks folder in Prefs-RealTracks Settings."

Improved: RealTracks Pushes are now played a little quieter (2 dB quieter), so that they don’t stand out as much.

Improved: For Hypercanvas or TTS-1 users only. The Roland HyperCanvas and Cakewalk TTS-1 sound better in Band-in-a-Box® if you use note 36 for bass drum, instead of note 35 (36 is more velocity sensitive). Now you will get a message to that effect when you exit the MIDI Driver dialog, and if you answer yes, it will set this for you, improving the sound of the drums with your HyperCanvas/TTS-1.

Improved: For RealTracks, many Jazz comping styles now play triads (instead of 7ths) when simple triads are entered, instead of "jazzing them up" to 7ths chords (e.g. Guitar: Freddie, Wes Piano: Some Jazz. All Stride, Rehearsal). If you prefer this "the old way", where triads are automatically "jazzed up" when comping using Jazz RealTracks, then you can set the Prefs-Realtracks settings option to force 7ths for triads.

Added: Utility function added to "Change all songs in current folder to a specific tempo."

Added: Utility function added to "Change all songs in current folder to the current style name."

Added: Utility command added to change channels by N on melody or soloist.

Added: Notes like Fb, Cb, E#, B# can now be entered. To do this, right click on a note (like F), and set the forced accidental to #, and the note will appear as E#.

Added: Right-click menu item added "edit section text"

Added: Option for the Leadsheet Lyric memo to start on new page on printout.

Added: If a song has lyrics (or other text) in the Lyric Memo or Lyric Document, these lyrics will now show up on the Big Lyrics window, so that they can be seen during playback. Note: if you have lyrics in text format, it is easy to paste them in as a Leadsheet Memo, and now you will see them on the Big Lyrics Window as well.

Added: When entering lyrics, additional buttons are available "Close lyrics" "Edit Lyrics" and "Enter as Section Text" (instead of Lyrics).

Fixed: BBStyles button wasn't working in RDPicker, now loads the style chosen.

Changed: File-New gets volumes of 127, instead of 90.

Fixed: Spurious message about better realtracks available when half-time realtracks were used.

Added: Enhancements for entering songs quickly. Typing special words, instead of chord names, will make the following settings:

begin - sets the begin of the chorus to the current bar

end - sets the end of the song to the current bar

chorusend - sets the end of the song chorus to the current bar

tkc - sets key signature to c, tkbb would set it to bb

trc - transposes song to key of C

t125 - sets tempo to 125

Added: Enhancements for playing songs from the chordsheet

spacebar or double click on ending bar (or a bar in the tag), and it will play from the ending (or tag). This only applies to the chordsheet, since notation windows always
play from the ending or tag already.

Right Click on ChordSheet (or notation) to quickly set Chorus Begin, Chorus End, or Song Ending

Improved: Default for output for pumping out chords changed to 1 from 90.

Fixed: Frozen tracks were playing louder, when Play pressed again.

Improved: Frozen tracks generate faster if play pressed again.

Fixed: Stop shouldn't repeat the message about tempo match.

Added: Quick-load a song by typing only. In Chord entry modeType word 'Song' followed by a filename, or partial filename, and the song will get loaded in. e.g. type c:\a\MySong.sgu to load in that exact style name, Type bossa to load in the first song with 'bossa' in the name AFTER the current song name, in the current folder.

Added: Quick-load a style by typing only 'style' followed by a stylename. e.g. stylezzbossa <enter> will load in zzbossa.sty

Fixed: Now checks for valid drive letter when custom directory for RealTracks and RealDrums

Fixed: Dragging soloist sometimes said no music available (if it was a RealChart).

Summary of Changes for Build 297 (March 25 2010)

Added: Coyote WaveTable synth has been added. This is primarily intended for 64-bit Windows users who are unable to use the Roland VSC-DXi, since the VSC is only compatible with 32-bit versions of Windows.

Fixed: RealTracks picker not displaying "Ev" Even for some realtracks.

Improved: More descriptive info provided when Tempo swaps of RealTracks available, now lists the current and proposed tempo swap e.g. Bass 110->85.

Fixed: Generate Single Track of RealTracks would generate it twice with halfTime/Double Time tracks.

Fixed: Some Bluesy realTracks (like 751) weren't playing bluesy.

Updated: Band-in-a-Box® 2010 PDF manual.

Summary of Changes for Build 295 (February 15 2010)

Improved: TempoSwapping Improved:
- There is an additional option to replace the current RealTracks selections with similar ones that would work better at the current tempo. This is an option available by pressing the Realtracks Toolbar button- Select Better RealTracks.
- Yellow Message now appears if RealTracks are selected, but better RealTracks are available for the current tempo. (this message can be disabled in Prefs-RealTracks)
- RealTracks button on the toolbar now shows a menu, RealTracks picker, RealTracks Prefs, and Select Better RealTracks for this tempo.

Changed: Half Time/ Double Time changed
- The option to automatically half/double time realtrack has been removed, and replaced with a manual option, so the user has control over when/how Realtracks would be halfTimed/Double timed. The previous method of "automatic half/double time" of RealTracks caused some problems, because people wouldn't know when the RealTracks were going to be half/double timed.
To do this, visit the RealTracks assign Dialog, and use the new comboBox called "TimeBase", and set that to Normal (Default) / Half-Time / Double-Time.

Improved: Drag Drop improved.
- The feature to Drag and Drop tracks from BB to DAW sequencers has been improved. Some DAWs (Ableton, Nuendo) don't yet support direct drag/drop of tracks that aren't generated yet. So a DragDrop panel has been added to the top left of the screen. This allows you to Drag n Drop to these sequencers in 2-steps. First drag to the DragDrop panel, then when it turns green, drag/drop from the panel to your AW (Ableton, Nuendo). Note that for other sequencers (RealBand, Sonar) and Windows Explorer, you can still DragDrop directly from the track to the DAW in 1-step.

You only need to install this patch if you are having trouble, such as errors when opening/closing the program, saving songs, rebuilding the StylePicker, etc.

Note that the update may take about 10 minutes to complete.

It allows Band-in-a-Box® and RealBand to run properly directly from an external hard drive, while UAC (User Account Control) is enabled. It also allows functions such as importing CD audio tracks to work without elevating privileges (right-click, run program as an administrator).

This patch is NOT intended for an installation on your system hard drive (usually C:) or other internal hard drives.

Make sure to select the correct destination directory on your USB hard drive - usually X:\bb (replace 'X' with your drive letter) if the hard drive was purchased September 2009 or later, or X:\PGMusic\Programs\bb if the hard drive was purchased prior to September 2009.

If you encounter a problem or have a concern with any of the features in Band-in-a-Box®, do not hesitate to contact . Updated Nov 15, 2009

This patch will update Band-in-a-Box® to Version 2009.5 (Build 288) from any previous Band-in-a-Box® 2009 or 2009.5 build. The update must be installed into your existing Band-in-a-Box® 2009 folder. It is not necessary for you to install previous 2009 patch updates first.

Note: If you are updating a hard drive edition of Band-in-a-Box®, be sure to select the correct destination directory - either X:\bb (where X is the drive letter) or X:\PGMusic\Programs\bb if the hard drive was purchased prior to September 2009.

This patch will update Band-in-a-Box® to Version 2009.5 (Build 287) from any previous Band-in-a-Box® 2009 or 2009.5 build. Band-in-a-Box® 2009.5 has over 20 new features and improvements! The update must be installed into your existing Band-in-a-Box® 2009 folder. It is not necessary for you to install previous 2009 patch updates first.

Note: If you are updating a hard drive edition of Band-in-a-Box®, be sure to select the correct destination directory - either X:\bb (where X is the drive letter) or X:\PGMusic\Programs\bb if the hard drive was purchased prior to September 2009.

Summary of Changes for 2009.5 Build 287 (September 8, 2009)

Fixed: Simulataneous Audio and MIDI recording - various fixes. To record audio and MIDI together, either use the menu on the audio window, or Shift-Click on the Record Audio button. A message to this effect is added in the audio record dialog. Also now reports the correct number of MIDI notes recorded during audio/MIDI recordings, and Keep/Reject take works for Audio and MIDI.

Fixed: When there was a mute or rest at bar 1, realtrack was making a brief sound at bar 1.

Fixed: Song Demos for RealTracks styles sometimes weren't loading from the main screen style button.

Changed: Song Demo button in the StylePicker loads the song, but now doesn't auto-play it (since there is a Play button already there).

Fixed: When RealTracks were set to a slower tempo than original, sometimes there would be a brief sound of realTracks playing prior to bar 1.

Fixed: Favorite will open if OKToAutoAddRecentFiles is false (or shift is held).

Summary of Changes for 2009.5 Build 284 (August 12, 2009)

Added: Classic RealStyles styles made. This is a new category in the StylePicker, and it contains new styles that are intended to be commonly used RealTracks. They are divided into genres, so you can go to Classic RealStyles – Jazz to easily find RealStyles for Jazz Swing, Bossa etc. (Note: For RealTracks released prior to August 2009 there are many Classic RealStyles included in the RealTracks patches)

Added: Guitar RealCharts have been improved. The new guitar RealTracks have more accurate guitar display/tab/notation for the corresponding RealTracks.

Added: The Verify function in the RealTracks assign dialog has been enhanced. It checks your installation to find out if RealTracks are properly installed, or if any files are missing.

Improved: Song Memo enhanced. The font for the song memo is size selectable.

Improved: Developer mode for RealDrums enhanced. If the file c:\bbNumberedDeveloperFiles.txt exists, the DrumAudioResults.txt with information get numbered and written to c:\bb\Results folder (Note: This feature is only for those people developing their own RealDrums files. You need to create a c:\bb\Results folder first).

Improved: Realtracks are enhanced. These features are present in the new RealTracks that are released with 2009.5: Smoother playing of piano parts over slash chords; Support for some more complex slash chords like C7/E played by piano; RealTracks feature to only play certain riffs in certain keys. This feature happens automatically on certain RealTracks, no settings are needed.

Added: RealCharts for piano are auto hand-split now. RealTracks (and MIDI style) piano parts that are on the piano track will appear with hands-split (right hand in red, left hand in blue) on the Big Piano window, and in notation. There is a setting for this on the Notation-Options dialog.

Added: Smooth Audio looping. Now the audio track loops seamlessly, including when it is used with the conductor. Frozen songs now loop smoothly and are usable with the conductor.

Added: Any missing RealTracks/RealDrums are listed. When a song is loaded, played or saved, a yellow hint message will appear if any RealTracks or RealDrums are missing, listing the files that are missing or not available in your installation.

Added: The SongList dialog now lists if any RealDrums or RealTracks were not found, in a separate column ('d' and 't' indicates missing RealDrums or RealTracks, '-' indicates missing style). Note: If you want to disable this feature, you can add the file AlsoReadStylesWithSongListBuildUp_False.txt to your bb folder (contents irrelevant).

Added: Chord Options dialog now has a 'Clear All' button that erases all Rests/Shots/Pushes/Pedal Bass from a song.

Fixed: Audible 'Audio Glitches' in some RealTracks were removed.

Added: Songs with RealTracks on Drums (and no drum part) get a drum count-in. For example, _BG_BAND.STY.

Added: If a ChordSheet/ notation transpose is in effect, there is a Transpose 'yellow hint' message on bootup as a reminder.

Added: Audio Base tempo reminder message. If saving a song, and Audio Base tempo is different than the Song Tempo, a warning message will show, asking you to confirm that you want to save it like this.

Improved: Feature that starts a new line on a part marker (section) has been enhanced - Previously a section with only 2 bars wouldm't start a new line, now it does. F5 bar settings Notation - on a new line - now works for chord sections. Notation starts a new line on a part marker (like the chord sheet). This can be disabled for a song or globally.

Added: Option added for Melody-Guitar rechannel, to include events already on guitar channel.

Added: When launching AudioChordWizard, a preserve part markers question doesn't appear now if there are no chords in the song.

Added: Message in RealTracks dialog when no style demo found.

Improved: Many more demos shown in RealTracks dialog.

Added: Multiple search terms work with RealTracks picker. If you separate terms with a space, each term is searched for separately. So a search for "Country Guitar Ev 120", will find any Country Guitar styles with an Even feel that would work with a tempo close to 120.

Added: Multiple search terms also work with RealDrums picker.

Added: Adding a search term for RealDrums or RealTracks that has a number will filter for RealDrums or RealTracks that match the tempo or within a compatible range.

Added: Checkbox for RealTracks to show/hide RealTracks that are out of compatible tempo range.

Added: Spacebar starts from current location, and stops the song (this is now the default).

Added: Double click on radio buttons at top of screen opens up the menu (like the right mouse click does).

Changed: The RealTracks and RealDrums button now open up the RealTracks Picker and RealDrums picker, instead of the settings dialog (Control-click will open up the settings dialog).

Added: Favorite song dialog opens up song dialog if there are no songs in favorite.

Fixed: Endings weren't playing for RealTracks that had 2 substyles.

Fixed: Sme chords were silent for certain type of RealTracks with 2 substyles.

Fixed: AudioChordWizard, average song tempo was being set to 120 in Band-in-a-Box®, instead of the actual tempo.

Fixed: Conductor if we press X to set a loop 4 bars, doesn't say loop 4 bars in the yellow hint area.

Fixed: Archive button for Realtracks, when asking for drums it wasn't archiving them.

Added: RealTracks now searchable by artist name.

Fixed: Custom solo generation was leaving a RealCharts MIDI track that could be heard.

Fixed: With some of the 101 Riffs add-ons, there were audio memos with the riffs that weren't playing.

Fixed: When opening a song from the RealTracks dialog, the memo doesn't open now, as it was conflicting.

Fixed: There was a bug that happened when you diddn't have any ASIO drivers installed on your computer, and you selected ASIO as your audio driver type.

Fixed: Wrong string "Pre-processing WMA" in progress dialog.

Fixed: When you save a RealTrack or MIDI track as a wave file by right-clicking on the track name and selecting Save RealTrack as WAV, ASIO drivers were automatically switched to MME.

Fixed: Songs with a style change from MIDI Drums to RealDrums.

Fixed: Yellow message for the delay between songs, and juke delay.

Fixed: Doesn't decompress WMA to WAV when building a songlist.

Fixed: Soundtrack error generating WAV file for complete song with no leadin.

Fixed: Soundtrack radio obuttons were hidden for RealTracks parts.

Fixed: SoundTrack was not generating properly if requested length was greater than the song length.

Fixed: Stuck notes visually on big piano, piano roll, leadsheet.

Fixed: Piano channel was getting set to 8 or 9 sometmes if hand splitting was set to true.

Changed: When File-New, a chord isn't added to the ending bar of the song. Note: A chord would get added to the ending bar if you press Play and none exists, this is normal.

Fixed: Miscellaneous improvements and fixes done to various styles and demos.

Added: The new behaviour of the assign realtracks dialog is that it shows whatever realtracks is set for the style (or song over-ride), instead of just showing the song over-ride.

Added: Clicking on the lables in the realtracks assign dialog also sets the track

Added: RealDrums dialog now updates afer returning from Settings dialog. Also shows path name in dialog.

Added: RealDrums and RealTracks dialog shows path in title bar.

Fixed: RealCharts for Guitar was sometimes overlapping notes.

Added: Clear all bars in the Chord Options now has a confirmation dialog.

Changed: Tip dialog, show tips at startup changed to a flashmessage. (less annoying, still defaults to false).

Added: Some bass styles now display in Bass Tab and on the Bass fretboard.

Summary of Changes for Build 282 (January 5, 2009)

Fixed: BarVolume data and some other settings weren't saving if Melody or Soloist track was a RealChart.

Improved: For search and replace, if no rest or push is mentioned in the "replace with" chord, then it will just preserve whatever pushes/rests are there.

Summary of Changes for Build 281 (December 30, 2008)

Added: Higher Bank Patch Support added. (Support for Higher bank Patches, names displayed, Change of patch at any bar (f5), songs and styles can be stored with these patches). If you use a synth like the Ketron, and like to use higher patches that are not GM or GM2, then these features should be useful to you.

Improved: OpenPrefsFile, insures certain values are set to defaults (mainly useful when loading in older versions of prefs)

Added: Verify RealTracks, RealDrums option added. Accesses as a button in the RealTracks Settings dialog. This utility function checks current RealTracks& RealDrums folders. It verifies that File dates are the same, and BT0 (tempo stretch) files are correct. It takes ~5 minutes, and produces a report in a Checkbt0.txt file (notepad).

Fixed: F5 dialog, entering style changes was not working in some builds. (alternate method of clicking on style name was working)

Added: Realtracks assign dialog now displays more information when a RealTracks is N/A.
-To be available, a Realtracks must have the Realtracks folder (RT Folder), and the ST2 (Soloist) file in the BB Folder.
-If neither is found, "N/A" is displayed.
-If only the RealTracks folder is missing, "N/A RT Folder" is displayed.
-If RealTracks folder is found, but xxxxx.ST2 file is missing from BB folder then N/A xxxx.ST2 is displayed (where xxxx is the name of the missing ST2 file.

Added: The following improvements have been made to the Higher Bank Patches support in Band-in-a-Box®:
-Patch name is displayed on screen for higher bank patches.
-F5 dialog can now use higher bank patches, (enable "show higher bank patches" in this dialog"). Choose patch name using dialog, or type in numbers.
-If used for melody or soloist patches, these settings are automatically saved with the song (for other parts bass/drum/piano/guitar/strings you need to enter Save w/Patches dialog,and type FILL w/PATCHES).
-In the save with Patches dialog, pressing “Fill with Patches” now also selects the save with banks option.
-Notation window (leadsheet and printout) displays the patch name
-Using the + button for higher bank patches sets the patches on the screen as well.
-Button added in higher bank dialog, to get more PAT files by connecting to https://www.pgmusic.com/support_miscellaneous.htm
-Styles can store patch changes using Higher Banks.

Summary of Changes for Build 280 (December 24, 2008)

Fixed: Long RealTracks generation time in certain situations on Windows Vista when User Account Control enabled. A symptom of this is Band-in-a-Box® displaying the message "First Time Use..Preparing audio beat array file" in the status bar.

Explanation: Some people install Band-in-a-Box® on their computer's internal hard drive while having the RealTracks folder on an external USB hard drive. In this case, RealTracks generation time in earlier builds was very long IF User Account Control was enabled. Build 280 allows you to have UAC enabled (if you prefer this), and RealTracks will still generate properly. On Windows Vista, User Account Control can be enabled/disabed in Control Panel | User Accounts.

Summary of Changes for Build 279 (December 15, 2008)

Fixed: Doesn't ask the question, 'song is a different feel..' if RealCharts or Frozen song

Fixed: Count-in had echo when freezing song.

Fixed: Style disk #77 not showing up in stylepicker filter, and what add ons.

Fixed: Songlist wasn't rebuilding for large folders >4000 songs.

Summary of Changes for Build 278 (December 11, 2008)

Fixed: Problem embedding soloist #511 in styles.

Fixed: RealTracks on the Melody or Soloist in song/style weren't always clearing ifthere was a style change.

Fixed: RealChart sometimes not showing up on Soloist track.

Fixed: RealChart MIDI track was audible sometimes, if generated on the Soloist track, and then you pressed PLAY after that.

Updated: Additional Styles with RealTracks added to the StylePicker.

Fixed: 'Patch numbers' displayed for some RealTracks in the RealTracks Assign dialog.

Improved: Style and Song Demo buttons in the Assign RealTracks dialog lists more files.

Improved: RealTracks memos in the Assign RealTracks dialog are expanded.

Improved: AudioChordWizard: Transfer of chords back and forth between BB and AudioChordWizard improved.

Improved: AudioChordWizard: Chords can be entered using same keys as Band-in-a-Box® or RealBand (e.g. to get an Am7, just type Am7 and then
<ENTER>
or any cursor key to move to next cell.

Changed: AudioChordWizard: Hotkey for tapping barlines changed from
<ENTER>
to <+> on Numeric Keypad. Note that F8 also works for a hotkey for this.

Fixed: AudioChordWizard: Editing anomalies if the first chord in a bar is edited, and the second chord in a bar is 'blank'.

Fixed: AudioChordWizard: It no longer beeps when exiting chord editing by typing the Enter key.

Improved: AudioChordWizard: After ACW first opens a song, it no longer insists on a first-time playback starting at the song start. Now, after a long load, if you have located to some other place in the song and click the space bar, it will start from that location.

Improved: AudioChordWizard: Some optimization done, it may be running a little quicker.

Summary of Changes for Build 277 (December 8, 2008)

Fixed: Rebulding the stylepicker was generating some messages that had to be dismissed, when a few styles with invalid data were loaded.

Improved: Generation of RealTracks when unusual chords encountered.

Added: Flyby hints added for new items in dialogs.

Added: Internalization support for other languages added.

Improved: Tip suppressed when there is a RealChart on a Melody or Notation track.

Summary of Changes for Build 276 (December 5, 2008)

Fixed: RealCharts indicator line was leaving a partial display in some cases.

This patch will update Band-in-a-Box® Version 2008 (or 2008.5) to Band-in-a-Box® 2008.5 Build 265. It will fully update any 2008 or 2008.5 build, and must be installed into an existing Band-in-a-Box® 2008 or 2008.5 folder.

Summary of Changes for Build 263 (July 29, 2008) since Build 262

Fixed: Renders to WAV files were ending a bar early in some cases, where there was no MIDI in the files.

Fixed: What add-ons do I have reported incorrectly for RealTracks Sets 9-12.

Fixed: Program would sometimes render stereo RealTracks as mono and vice-versa.

Updated: StylePicker list (bbw.lst) updated.

Summary of Changes for Build 262 (July 23, 2008) since Build 261

Updated: Recognition and support for the latest Band-in-a-Box® styles, RealTracks, and RealDrums.

Fixed: Title bar wasn't showing "Generating RealTracks" progress if the bb chordsheet was on a bar with bar settings changes.

Added: Support for latest RealTracks (bluegrass), that have soloists with very long phrases. (space length is set from 0 to 0 in the soloist editor for this)

Fixed: If you went into the RealDrums picker via the RealDrums Settings dialog, clicked on a style that has variations, then close the RealDrums picker, you got a "Warning the RealDrums folder doesn't exist".

Fixed: Some RealDrums were excluded unneccesarily when tempo range was false.

Fixed: Visiting the realtracks settings dialog and then returning to realtracks assign dialog updates the list of styles (if location for RT folder has changed).

Changed: file 'PGALLDrumFolderNames.txt' now included that lists all current RealDrums.

Fixed: Drum click was playing on waltz even when it shows being disabled in preferences.

Fixed: FadeOut would revive a muted instrument.

Fixed: RealTracks were not obeying the "Breaks" feature (used for practising, where everything gets muted).

Added: Now, if Generate a solo using the soloist dialog, and there is a "song" RealTracks already on the Soloist track, the generate solo kills the song realtracks soloist, and saves the soloist with the song

Fixed: Right-click on combo save as wav file was not running in some cases.

Summary of Changes for Build 261 (June 16, 2008)

Added: Full-featured Dialog added for selecting RealDrums. Previously, RealDrums were selected from a single popup menu. Now there is a dialog, listing all RealDrums, with filtering, sorting by column, information (name, genres, time sig, feel, tempo range,), memos, user editable memos, favorite lists and more. You can preview new RealDrums by double clicking, loading only the new real drums. Audition button will play the solo RealDrums, from the pgmusic.com site, so that you can hear RealDrums that you haven’t bought yet.

Added: Support for all slash chords in bass styles. For example, Gm7b5/Db, CMaj9/E etc.

Added: RealTracks and RealDrums can be generated live during playback, and resume when completed. For example, play a song, and change the RealTrack as it is playing, and then resumes from the current point, by just regenerating the single track.

Added: ability to set a song to 'no regeneration’. Right click on Combo has setting 'Song changed, needs regeneration'. Then replay will just replay the song. This isn’t a permanent setting, but is a handy one to prevent a regeneration when you have only made a small change.

Added: You can now cancel the generation of the song (or RealTracks) by pressing the Escape key as the song is generating.

Added: Melody and Soloist tracks can have RealTracks assigned, and when they do, they will generate when PLAY is pressed, just like the other tracks

Added: StylePicker Load Song demo now plays song for RealTracks too (Escape Cancels)

Added: Ability to replay a song without regenerating arrangement. Shift click on Replay will play and never regenerate the song, even if chords have changed

Added: RealDrums and RealTracks custom folder names are now directly editable, so you can quickly type them in instead of waiting for the folder dialog to open.

Fixed: Songs with "start ending 2 bars early" were not jumping to end bar in certain cases

Fixed: Recommendation for tempo range of RealTracks

Fixed: Melody and Soloist green color at the top of the screen for RealTracks

Added: RealDrums name displayed at top of RealDrums dialog, including tempo that will be used

Added: RealTracks progress visible in StylePicker window

Fixed: Visiting the render dialog and exiting it will not force a regeneration of song on next playback.

Added: Notification added if RealTracks or RealDrums are disabled, and you to try to generate RealDrums or RealTracks

Added: Help file updated

Fixed: Stylepicker search now works for non-English versions + other international fixes

Improved: Support for 800x600 in RealTracks Assign dialog

Improved: Preview (Audition) improved in RealTracks, if no preview in \RealTracks- demos\ then will play a WMA from the RealTracks folder

Changed: Preview button renamed to Audition

Added: Shift Click on Audition button in RealTracks assign or RealDrums opens up the related folder.

Added: Hotkeys added for RealTracks assign dialog

Fixed: Notation stem direction for a note on middle staff line – now is stem down

Added: Developers listed in about box

Improved: RealSax Soloists now "more soulful" treat the V major chord like V7

Added: Edit - Song Setting added for "Bluesy" feel to soloists. if set, jazzy soloists will play more bluesy, by using a flatted 7th instead of major 7th. So if you type major triads for a song, but want any soloists to play as if they were dominant 7ths, use this setting.

Added: User Memos added for RealTracks. Type in your own comments, and memos, and you can also filter by these comments. For example, if you put the word “awesome" on one, you can search for that word later.

Added: Improved Memos supplied for RealTracks.

Added: Audition Demos of RealTracks and RealDrums that you don’t have by pressing Audition button and then the file will stream from the web.

Fixed: Occasional instance of "Unable to load WAV file"

Summary of Changes for Build 260 (May 21, 2008)

Fixed (build 260): Audio_Stretched.WAV file was getting written during render.

Fixed (build 260): RealDrums were making a brief sound during rests.

Improved (build 260): Limit for unique styles in stylepicker increased from 5,000 to 8,000 (PG Music has made about 3,000 styles).

Fixed (build 260): Was not switching from 'a' substyle to 'b' substyle in RealBass fast enough on new choruses.

Improved (build 259): Faster Generation of RealTracks. The time it takes to generate the RealTracks is now 3X faster.

Improved (build 259): "Waveless" Much smaller size, only uses 1/8 of the hard drive space compared to previous! RealTracks and RealDrums no longer need WAV files – they can use WMA natively. This frees up huge amounts of your hard drive, so that the RealDrums and RealTracks take up only 1 /8 of the space that they used to take! Handy "Archive" function will remove the no-longer-needed WAV files with a single-click. Since you can free up hard drive space previously occupied by RealDrums and RealTracks WAV files, many users will find that the new version uses up much less hard drive space than previous versions.

Improved (build 259): Tempo stretching quality much improved. Now the RealTracks sound great over a much wider tempo range, typically -15 and +40 beats per minute.

New (build 259): Stereo panning available for the Realtracks. Previous version was mono.

New (build 259): RealStyles available - these are styles that all "Real", with no MIDI. Up to 7 RealInstruments at once in a single style!

Improved: Improved transitions for RealTracks (Pops/Clicks removed)

New (build 259): Right click menu available for each part in BB (bass, drums, piano, guitar, strings), allowing you to quickly assign a RealTracks, ( or RealDrums) to that part, and other functions like mute, solo, save single track etc.

New (build 259): RealTracks browser dialog, showing comprehensive information about the RealTracks, including name, genre, feel, tempo, type, demos, and preview. Lists can be sorted or filtered by any column.

New (build 259): Easily save a style (.STY) with RealTracks, directly from the main screen ("save what you hear" as a style)

Improved: RealTracks work for Rests and Shots.

Improved: Endings are now present in RealTracks.

New (build 259): Name of Realtracks or RealDrums displayed for each part at top of screen

New (build 259): Right click on a part to save that single track to disk as a WAV file.

New (build 259): RealTracks demos now present in RealTracks – demos folder, and can be opened from the stylePicker.

New (build 259): Real Tracks Preview function to hear how RealTracks will sound, without losing your current song.

New (build 259): Ability to time shift a RealTracks by certain amount, to achieve more laid-back playing for example.

Added (build 259): Variations of RealTracks can be made, for things like a simpler type of soloing, or certain variations.

Added (build 259): Soloists can solo over different chords than the chords of the song. For example, the Metal Guitar Soloist can have a tonal center controlled by the user, different than the song chords. So that the Metal Guitar can be soloing over a G chord, while the chords of the song are G F G Bb for exmple.

Added (build 259): "Crescendo" Soloing can be generated for some RealTracks, that has the intensity of the solo building up with flashiest part of the solos played as the solo builds.

Improved (build 259): Non English versions will work with newest RealTracks without a new translation of Soloist list (Default.SOL file)

New (build 259): Archive and Install WAV buttons, to control use of WAV files for RealDrums and RealTracks. WAV files are no longer needed, as the program can use the much smaller WMA files. But if you prefer to use WAV files (slightly higher fidelity and slightly faster operation), you can install or archive them on a global or folder by folder basis with these commands.

Improved (build 259): Many messages that used to require user input (pressing OK) have now been changed to Flash Messages that display on screen for a certain period of time, not requiring any user action.

Improved (build 259): Multibar RealDrums patterns were sometimes split when it wasn't necessary/appropriate to do that.

Summary of Changes for Build 257 (January 17, 2008)

Added: .MGU file sizes are not so large when F5 volume changes are added to your song.

Added: Build number now saved with the song, starting with build 257.

Added: Prefs-Overrides now has a section for song defaults, which allows selecting default for Allow Embellishments and Vary Style in Middle Choruses. ‘Jazz’ and ‘Pop/Country’ buttons are available to set these.

Fixed: When you DXi-Direct Rendered to wave a song with RealDrums and/or RealTracks, with 'One WAV file per track' checked, and 'Include Lead-in Bars' unchecked, the RealDrums and RealTracks wave files still included the lead-in bars.

Fixed: MultiStyles - A song that started with substyle C or D would only play with the correct substyle in the 2nd and 3rd choruses if the first chorus ended with substyle A or B.

Improved: When DXi-Direct Rendering with 'One WAV file per track' checked, if your song has RealDrums, you no longer get a second (empty) Render_Drums wave file.

Fixed: If you muted all of the tracks except for RealTracks and DXi-Direct Render (one wave file per track unchecked), the rendered wave file was empty.

Fixed: Small typo in the RealDrums tool tip.

Fixed: The flash message tip - "No notation will show up because it is a RealTrack" is no longer displayed for any notation track that has no notes in it.

Fixed: If the only change you make to a file is recording a melody (and keeping take), the program didn't prompt you with the 'song has changed, save it' dialog.

Fixed: 'What add-ons do I have' incorrectly reported that you have Styles39 installed if you have Styles38 (but not 39).

Added: Practice Window now looks for programs on other drives than C:\

Fixed: If you had a long intro without part markers, Band-in-a-Box® was sometimes unable to pick a RealDrums pattern when it should be able to.

Fixed: With 'Snap to Gridlines' disabled in the Notation Window Options dialog, the notes still snapped to the gridlines.

Fixed: In the Practice Window, when a program shows as N/A because you haven't installed it to the default location, you will now be prompted to locate the file.

Summary of Changes for Build 256 (January 2, 2008)

Fixed: Multistyle wasn't changing in certain combinations (c/d going to a/b in a new chorus).

Fixed: RealDrums sometimes played out of sync when there were time signature changes in a song.

Improved: RealTracks "tempo stretching" has been improved (RealTracks quality at tempos different than the base tempo). Note: for this feature, the bt0 files in Realtracks directory must be 12/30/07 or newer. The patch will install newer bt0 files to your RealTracks folder.

Summary of Changes for Build 255 (December 21, 2007)

Fixed: If Soloist-More-'Trigger Solo Playback Early was set to false, RealTracks generation could cause an endless loop.

Fixed: StyleChanges followed by a bar with 2 chords, AND a push on the 2nd chord could have bad timing for a few bars.

Fixed: When favor brushes was selected in RealDrums Preferences, if a RealDrums had variations but none had brushes, a 'RealDrums not found' message was shown.

Added: RealDrums substitutions are now available for RealTracks styles (styles beginning with '=').

Fixed: RealDrums style changes were sometimes not happening when there was a RealDrums style change to a different variation of the same wave file, with no MIDI style change).

Added: What Add-Ons dialog reports on RealDrums, with names of RealDrums Sets installed.

Added: Songs saved with a different filename are now added to recent files list (favorite files).

Fixed: Error message sometimes occurred when rebuilding SongPicker.

Updated: ReaDrums menu look has been improved.

Updated: Help file and manual updated.

Updated: Some styles and demo songs will be updated if you have them installed.

Summary of Changes for Build 253 (December 10, 2007)

Added: Rendering to separate files implemented for RealTracks. To do this, press the WAV button and select One WAV file per Track. You will then get separate wave files for all RealTracks with names like "MySong_Render_RealTrack_Guitar.WAV"

Added: KaraokeBMP folder can now hold JPG as well (for background of Karaoke files).

Improved: RealTracks transitions and overall sound quality improved!

Improved: StylePicker improvements, including 'Styles with RealTracks' category along with styles and demo songs.

This patch will update Band-in-a-Box® Version 2007 to Band-in-a-Box® 2007.5 Build 242. This version has many new features and enhancements since 2007! The update includes all of the changes in previous Band-in-a-Box® 2007 updates. Please note that you must have Band-in-a-Box® Version 2007 or 2007.5 installed in order for this update to work.

Updated: BBW.LST file updated so that more RealDrums Styles can be chosen directly from the StylePicker.

Summary of Changes for Build 236 (June 15, 2007)

Added: “Favor Brushes", “Favor Sticks" settings. When selecting RealDrums styles to use for a style, BB will use your preferences for brushes and sticks. For example, if you choose “Favor Brushes", BB will always choose from among variations that include brushes (when available).

Added: RealDrums Variations of instruments with each play. Most RealDrums styles (starting with RealDrums set 5) contain may instrument variations (brushes vs. Sticks, HiHat vs. Ride Cymbal, Percussion only etc.). Now, by selecting Prefs-Real Drum Settings – choose different Variations with each play, you can hear a different variation each time play is pressed, so the song sounds fresh each time. One time you’ll hear it with “brushes", the next time with sticks and ride cymbals, etc. This can be done in a number of ways. 1-RealDrums style saved with a song ('File-Save with patches' dialog), 2-RealDrums style saved with the StyleMaker, or 2-Global option in the RealDrums dialog.

Added: RealDrums Compatible song/style finder. In the RealDrums Settings dialog, there are now buttons that will, for a chosen RealDrums style, enable you to (1) play the RealDrums demo song, (2) show a menu of BB styles that would work with the Real Drum style and (3) play a song demo of various BB styles that work with the Real Drum style. N/A is shown for styles that are available from PG Music but that you do not have. N/A is shown for styles that are available from PG Music but that you do not have.

Added: Clear Button added to the RealDrums Dialog.

Added: Selectable Folder for your RealDrums styles. Now you can choose any folder (e.g. e:\Drums) for your RealDrums. This allows you to, for example, conserve space on your C:\ drive.

Added: 'Install' button in the RealDrums dialog that will prepare any RealDrums audio files in the Drums folder by converting them from WMA or MP3 to wave.

Added: RealDrums feature that checks if the tempo of the RD style you are loading is in the appropriate tempo range for your song, and warns you if it isn't. It will give you the warning if the song tempo is more than 10 BPM slower than the slowest RD style, or 50 BPM faster than the fastest RD style, in which case it may sound poor.

Added: RealDrums styles can now have 2 separate feels, for example Bossa and Swing, with different push amounts, and custom fills for transitioning between substyles.

Added: People making their own styles benefit from the Developer Mode, that outputs TXT files with information about their style-in-progress. Now they can render a batch of songs, which will all save separate TXT files, useful for analyzing their styles. Also, Bars Blocked limit increased to 2,000 bars.

Improved: In the Style picker, when choosing “Song Demo", the melody patch used will be the one from the demo, even if you’ve set “Change Melody Patches" in the dialog. This insures that you’ll always hear the correct melody instrument for the demo.

Added: Tap F8 or enter to set bar line locations. Often 2 taps are enough for the entire song.

Added: Help button and menu to access documentation directly from the Audio Chord Wizard.

Added: Right-click item for individually changing the time signature of one or more bars. This feature never moves barlines, just re-interprets inside selected bars.

Added: New Audio Chord Wizard utility dialog that allows you to generate and remove tempo maps. After using the Audio Chord Wizard for an MP3 (or auther audio) file, an automatic tempo map is created, so that the MIDI styles in Band-in-a-Box® sync to the Audio File for the whole song. This allows you to remix an existing MP3, by adding a BB style to the MP3. For example, add strings or congas to an existing song, (or a trumpet solo, or chord reharmonization etc.) and they stay in sync for the whole song, and can be all played or rendered to a WAV file. The tempo map can be added, removed, re-added etc. from the song at any time.

Added: Audio Chord Wizard utility - Automatic detection of key signature based on the chords only. This is useful for a song from the Audio Chord Wizard, where you forgot to set the key signature or for any song without the key signature set.

Improved: Set Bar One is automatically applied to the first F8 or Enter Key press, if Bar One has not already been set by the user. Set Bar One is automatically applied to the first Mouse-Dragged Barline, if Bar One has not already been set by the user.

Added: Audio Chord Wizard - Right-Click menu option "Reset Barlines". This clears all the user's barline edits, and performs the equivalent of a Set Bar One on wherever the current Bar One location happens to be.

Added: Kill Audio File now gives a message informing that you need to save the file to completely remove it.

Summary of Changes for Build 235 (May 2, 2007)

Fixed: Memo in progress was being lost when going into the Stylemaker.

Updated: Only applicable if you have RealDrums Sets 4 and 5: StylePicker allows you to choose RealDrums styles from Sets 4 and 5. BBW.LST updated, and many demo songs and "minus sign" styles (Band-in-a-Box® styles that have RealDrums assigned to them) have been added.

Summary of Changes for Build 234 (May 2, 2007)

Added: Support for RealDrums Sets 4 and higher, which include Variations within RealDrums styles, allowing the user to choose between different drum kits, for example "Brushes", "Ride", "HiHat", and "Congas".

Improved: Menus in the Practice Window support up to 2000 menu items by having "More" submenus.

Improved: Bass track in C_Boogie.sty has been improved (only applicable if you already have this style).

Summary of Changes for Build 233 (March 8, 2007)

Added: You can now mute an audio track by right-clicking 'Audio' in the instrument panel at the top of the screen.

Added: Audio Chord Wizard - Right-click menu item "Estimate Tuning". Right-Click "Estimate Tuning" on a bar, and it attempts to find the pitch tuning of that bar. Then a dialog is presented giving the pitch estimate in cents (100ths of a semitone), a confidence rating. The results dialogs gives an opportunity to either Accept the Tuning Estimate (set the ACW Tuning control to that value), or to Cancel and not accept the Estimate. This feature improves chord detection accuracy on many songs. Note: The Tuning Estimation only works on one bar, because analysis of larger sections would take a very long time.

Improved: Audio Chord Wizard - Harmonic/Chord analysis has been accelerated. ACW should analyze audio and draw the screen updates two or three times faster than previous versions.

Improved: Audio Chord Wizard - Chord Symbols are resized to fit the bar-space when the view is zoomed-out.

Improved: Audio Chord Wizard - Saved bar information is now imported back from Band-in-a-Box®. When the user returns the chords to BIAB and saves the song, BIAB saves information about the Bar One location and edited Bar locations inside the song file. If the user later re-opens the saved song into ACW, ACW will now load the saved Bar One and Bar Edits from the previous session. So a song can be re-opened into ACW, the bar locations further refined, and then the updated chord and tempo-map information can be sent back to BIAB.

Summary of Changes for Build 232 (March 1, 2007)

Improved: On Windows Vista, MS GS Wavetable latency is auto-set to 205ms (instead of 120 which is what XP wants).

Added: Registrations of FileTypes (MGU etc.) includes a message about disabling UserAccountControl - a needed step if the Registry is write protected under Vista.

Added: Information about installing DXi synth plugins is provided if no DXi Synths are found.

Improved: RealDrums timing has been slightly improved in other styles as well.

Added: Style txt files now support dbAdjustA= and dbADjustB= settings, for custom volumes for substyles. Note : if using these features, make sure that dbAdjust=0 (or whatever global adjustment you want) follows the dbAdjustA or dbAdjustB lines, to ensure compatibility with versions prior to build 230. Example:
;CORRECT this boosts 'a' substyle by 3db and b substyle by 4 db!
dbAdjustA=3
dbAdjustB=4
dbAdjust=0 ; this line is needed for compatibility with versions prior to build 230

Fixed: Audio Render sometimes had silence at the beginning of the rendered file.

Added: This adds the ability to record audio while using a DXi synth, without re-routing the MIDI to the MIDI Driver.

Fixed: Timing issue when recording with large ASIO buffers, and a timing issue when punching-in with large ASIO buffers.

Fixed: Humming issue when recording, or occasionally with RealDrums playback.

Summary of Changes for Build 226 (December 4, 2006)

Enhanced: Print-Preview. With Save as Graphics file, you can now specify pixel size of graphic, and you are able to view the resulting graphic after save. Also, when saving multiple pages, you get a message about where it has been saved, and can view the first page.

Enhanced: RealDrums. For developers (making their own RealDrum styles), there is now a 'Developer mode'. When this is set (as a checkbox in the Prefs-RealDrum settings dialog), any mistakes/typos in the _style.txt file will be displayed, and a detailed DrumAudioResults.txt file will show what pattern was chosen at every bar, and more information. RealDrums style.txt files can now have pascal style comments in them ie. instead of "0,4,5" you can now put "0,4{put a comment like this},5". Typos or unreocognized (future) features won't cause a message to be displayed unless DeveloperMode is true.

Fixed: RealDrums. Errors were displaying when switching between Fast reggae and slow reggae style (and same for countryEvenReduced/CountryEven8), ie when a double time feature was used in the WAV file.

Fixed: File not found problem when running programs like 'Brent Mason' from the Practice Window.

Fixed: Fakesheet 'show ending bars' option.

Fixed: Line lyrics were triggering notation options dialog when certain keys were pressed.

Summary of Changes for Build 225 (November 28, 2006)

Fixed: Windows 98/ME compatibility.

Added: Slash chords were correct in the Audio Chord Wizard screen, but had the wrong roots inside BBW.

Because of StylePicker improvements in 2008, the most current bbw.lst file (style description file) cannot be used with 2007 and earlier versions. This will install a bbw.lst file for Band-in-a-Box® 2007 that will recognize the styles released with Band-in-a-Box® 2008 and higher (Styles Set 69 and higher - current to Styles Set 77). You would only need to use this installer if you have Band-in-a-Box® 2007 and purchased a new styles set (#69 or above). If you have Band-in-a-Box® 2008 or 2009, you don't need this patch; Download the latest update patch for Band-in-a-Box® 2008 or 2009 instead (above).

If you encounter a problem or have a concern with any of the features in Band-in-a-Box®, do not hesitate to contact us. Updated December 30, 2008

This patch will update Band-in-a-Box® Version 2006 to Build 224, and includes all the fixes in previous Band-in-a-Box® 2006 updates. Please note that you must have Band-in-a-Box® Version 2006 installed in order for this update to work.

Summary of Changes for Build 224 (March 5, 2007)

Fixed: Help file updated to work on Windows Vista. This is a .chm file (html based) rather than .hlp, since Vista dropped built-in support for .hlp files. This is the only change since build 220. Click here if you would prefer to download build 220, which uses the .hlp format.

Summary of Changes for Build 220 (June 20, 2006)

Added: Support for all of the latest Band-in-a-Box® Styles, Soloists, and Melodists available from PG Music Inc.

Fixed: When drum lead-in was set to play patterns, sometimes played a fill on bar 1 when styles were live drums.

Added: Better support for Bandstand, and other synths that take time to load new patches. See the files 'UsingBandstandWithBIAB.pdf' and 'ReadmeBandstand.txt' in the folder c:\bb\Bandstand Technical Notes.

Changed: '0' to delete a pattern in StyleMaker now requires a confirmation dialog. Delete key still doesn't.

Fixed: In the StyleMaker, added a "style has changed" reminder when notation has been edited or just the pattern weight has been changed.

Added: Option to set a style to use riff voicings that are a simple transposition, instead of mapping to chord tones. This is set in Miscellaneous-Riff voicings use chord tones. If you de-select this, the style would simply transpose a riff-based voicing (for piano/guitar/strings) instead of mapping it to chord tones. You can also force EVERY style to map riff-based patterns in this way, by putting a file called 'RIFF12.TXT' in the folder. If you do this, all patterns that are set to riff-based voicing will simply be transposed instead of mapped to chord tones. Note: riff-based voicing is a rarely used setting, and this likely affects less than 1% of styles.

Fixed: Occasional problem when style used live drums, the intro was set to play drum patterns, and there were pushes present in bar 1 or bar 2 (the drums would be silent for awhile).

Summary of Changes for Build 212 (February 23, 2006)

Improved: StylePicker limit now increased from 4,800 to 7,200 styles. The stylelist file is now called bbw7k.lsw instead of bbw.lsw (note: PG Music uses about 3,300 of those style names, so you have room for 3,900 styles from third parties.

Fixed: After Edit-Unfold, program not alerting to "file has changed".

Fixed: After Melody-Quantize, program not alerting to "file has changed".

Fixed: Melody Quantize not working for partial song, was only working for full song.

Fixed: when the "include patch changes in MIDI files" setting was disabled, controller 0 and 32 bank changes were still being included in the MIDI File.

Improved: StyleMaker, drum editor: small improvement in alternate notes velocity (now rounded off to nearest 18, instead of truncated). Note that the alternate notes need to be rounded off to nearest velocity of 18, due to file format compatibility with earlier versions. So if you enter an alternate velcity of 93, you'll get 90 (18*5).

Fixed: DirectX Window would sometimes be on-top of dialogs which were popped up by hosted plugins, making it impossible to read or respond to the dialog, appearing to hang the program. The DirectX Window is now at the same window level as the standalone Piano Roll or standalone Audio Edit window, and shouldn't obscure dialogs any more. The behavior of the DirectX window will be slightly different now, since you could conceivably completely cover up the DirectX window with some other Band-in-a-Box® window such as the standalone PianoRoll window. But this is nothing new in multi-window programs. If you have a lot of floating windows, just move them around onscreen until you can see a little bit of each window, so you can click on each one to bring it to the front.

Fixed: Long-standing intermittent 'DX crash on exit' bug which afflicts some folks some of the time. It seemed most likely when Exiting Band-in-a-Box® with the DirectX window open. Some plugins were more apt to cause the problem, and it was reported that VSC DXi (and VSC VSTi) were perhaps more likely to show this problem than the average plugin.

Fixed: Notation slur divide-by-zero which can occur only on rare instances of deleting a slurred note, if the slur is very short-duration.

Summary of Changes for Build 210 (February 20, 2006)

Fixed: Notation paste bug, where subsequent pastes could go to the wrong place.

Added: The mouse cursor will jump to the default button in dialogs, as long as you have set the Control Panel – Mouse – Pointer Options - to “Snap to" the default button in the dialog (The location of this setting may vary depending on the kind of mouse you have. It is sometimes found at Control Panel – Mouse – Motion – Smart Move).

Fixed: When you Batch Rendered MIDI files and selected "Name MIDI file based on song Title", each MIDI file used the title of the previous song for the MIDI file name.

Fixed: When you have 'send notes to notation window' enabled in the guitar settings window, you can click on the fretboard to input the notes into the notation window. However, this wasn't working for open strings.

Fixed: When you selected zzjazzsw.sty in the StylePicker, it loaded zzjazz instead.

Summary of Changes for Build 208 (February 9, 2006)

Improved: The main change in build 208 is that the appearance of the dialog boxes have been improved (standard Windows fonts and sizing, alignment and spacing of text and buttons, etc).

Fixed: If a key sig was sharp, such as F#, and you transposed the notation up or down by a multiple of 12 (or -12,) then it would make the key sig flat such as Gb.

Fixed: File extension is now ensured to be ".WAV" when choosing a target file in the Render to Audio File dialog.

Fixed: If pressing the event editor button within the notation window in StyleMaker edit mode, the title bar for the Event List would say that the track is "Thru".

Fixed: Ties were occasionally mis-drawn in beats that were using high resolution notes (32nd notes etc.)

Fixed: Notation - inserting a rest only deleted some of the notes from the peg.

Fixed: If you used the Conductor Window while playing the Jukebox, playback stopped after the current song.

Fixed: 'File | Open Audio' didn't always work for CDA files.

Fixed: 'Audio | Import Audio' didn't work for CDA files unless you had saved the currently open BB song on your local hard disk.

Fixed: Conductor Window hotkey [~] conflicted with [`] hotkey for entering rests in the notation window, and with regular apostrophe key on European keyboards. Conductor hotkey has been changed to [CTRL + ~].

Fixed: When 'include patch changes in MIDI files' was disabled in the MIDI File Options dialog, some patch changes were still included in the MIDI file.

Fixed: In the Harmony Maker dialog, if you specified any negative value for the Velocity Boost of "Low Root", it set the velocities of those notes all to 127 instead of decreasing the velocities by the amount you specified.

Fixed: The fly-by help hint for the SAVE AS button in the Soloist Editor dialog had an error. The [SAVE AS] button saves as a *.sol file, not *.s1.

Fixed: 'Open Previous Song' and 'Open Previous Style' didn't work if "OK to auto-add recent files" was unchecked in the Favorite Songs dialog.

Fixed: Problems with Audio Harmonies, Cut/Paste, and non-realtime Audio Plugins (including 'Could not open file' and 'division by zero' errors) after Opening or Importing a .WAV file.

Fixed: Crash when printing if there were slurs in a number of consecutive bars.

Fixed: Crash in the StyleMaker drum grid editor when using ASIO drivers and a DXi synth.

Fixed: Recording a style pattern (StyleMaker) sometimes did not work properly in the case of Dxi being used with MME audio drivers.

Fixed: If you had the 'pause play until MIDI or key received' feature enabled while using a DXi synth, the song started playing when you hit a key, but there was no sound. This also happened for the first song in the Jukebox.

Fixed: If a sound card's sample rate is changed while BIAB is open and using ASIO drivers, the message box stating "sample rate has changed" only appears once rather than each time a song is played.

Fixed: Possible 'inetwh32.dll missing' error when opening help file.

Summary of Changes for Build 198 (December 16 2005)

Fixed: Pitch Invasion is now playable when the dpi (font size) is set at 120 (instead of the standard 96).

Improved: Music Replay - For the melody & rhythm games, in previous builds, if you pressed "stop" before you played your part, it was counted as a zero score when it tallied the totals. It now is not counted at all.

Improved: Music Replay - The scoring has been improved, and now gives a more accurate representation of your performance.

Improved: Music Replay - The default metronome patches have been changed from "metronome" to "sidestick" (some soundcards do not have a metronome sound, in which case it was silent).

Improved: Music Replay - "Automatically retry phrases if the score is not at least x" is fixed. Previously you needed to get higher than x, but it is now equal to or greater than x.

Added: Music Replay - There is a "score report" that you can access at the end of a Rhythm or Melody game. It gives you detailed information about all of the notes you played, and how the individual notes were scored. You can access this by pressing "show score report" at the final dialog, which opens the report as a txt file.

Fixed: JazzBal1.STY didn't show up in StylePicker.

Updated: Updated Pitch Invasion and Music Replay help files are included.

Improved: "Untested format" error message will now only be shown at the time the user selects a new ASIO driver rather than every time the program boots up.

Fixed: If right clicking directly on a note in the bass clef, and then launching the notation symbols dialog, the clef combo box got set to treble clef rather than bass clef. If the user did not notice this, then the symbol (such as staccato) was inserted in the Treble clef.

Fixed: In fakesheet mode, time signatures were sometimes being drawn in incorrect bars.

Fixed: In fakesheet mode, time signatures would sometimes get drawn at the end of a line when it really belonged at the beginning of the next line.

If you encounter a problem or have a concern with any of the features in Band-in-a-Box®, do not hesitate to contact us. Updated February 23, 2006

Because of StylePicker improvements in 2008, the most current bbw.lst file (style description file) cannot be used with 2007 and earlier versions. This will install a bbw.lst file for Band-in-a-Box® 2006 and earlier that will recognize the styles released with later versions of Band-in-a-Box® - current to Styles Set 77. You would only need to use this installer if you have Band-in-a-Box® 2006 or earlier and purchased a newer styles set. If you have Band-in-a-Box® 2008 or 2009, you don't need this patch; Download the latest update patch for Band-in-a-Box® 2008 or 2009 instead (above).

If you encounter a problem or have a concern with any of the features in Band-in-a-Box®, do not hesitate to contact us. Updated December 30, 2008

This patch will update the PG Music fonts so that they work with 64-bit versions of Windows. To ensure that the fonts are updated correctly, restart your computer right before installing this patch. If you are not currently having trouble with fonts, and you do not have a 64-bit version of Windows, you do not need to install this update.

This patch will update Band-in-a-Box® Version 2005 build 147/148/152/156 to build 163 automatically. This update includes all the fixes included in the previous updates(148/152/163), plus the newer ones below. Please note that you must have Band-in-a-Box® Version 2005 in order for this update to work.

Summary of Changes for Build 163 (June 16 2005)

Updated [Build 163]: Band-in-a-Box® updated to be aware of the newest styles sets.

Fixed [Build 156]: When in Fake sheet mode and viewing multiple tracks, the printout skipped every second line.

Fixed [Build 156]: Access violation when scrolling to the end of the Lead Sheet window in Fake Sheet mode.

Fixed [Build 156]: Program sometimes crashed on Window 2000 when VU Meters were open during playback.

Fixed [Build 156]: Lyrics were duplicated in the Lead Sheet window with Fake Sheet enabled if they occurred between 4:100 and 4:119 (beats:ticks) of any bar.

Summary of Changes for Build 152 (Feb 17 2005)

Fixed [Build 152]: Hints no longer show up on a listbox, since they interfere with selection.

Fixed [Build 152]: "error allocating DIB" error was happening when saving a range of pages to a JPG. This was because the name passed to the converter was not always being correctly generated.

Fixed [Build 152]: Problems using the custom file/save dialog, trying to save as a graphics file (for example, .JPG). For example, if your song is MySong.MGU and you save as a .JPG file, the default file name in the Save As dialog will be MySong.MGU. If you keep this filename, your original song file is replaced.

Fixed [Build 152]: Patch changes on Melody or Soloist track not showing up in track after a MIDI File generation.

Fixed [Build 152]: Soloist patch changes at any bar were not working.

Fixed [Build 152]: Multiple lines of lyrics in FakeSheet not drawing if there was a repeat.

Fixed [Build 152]: Lyrics not highlighting in time with music in WinME. This was because Win98/ME has a less precise timer with a less fine resolution than XP.

Fixed [Build 152]: Gibberish when Jazz Symbols was enabled and non-regular chord symbols such as Roman Numerals were selected.

Fixed [Build 152]: After converting the audio track from Mono to Stereo, you would get chipmunk sounds (octave higher) if you pasted a previously cut or copied section onto the newly converted audio track. If you converted from stereo to mono and then Pasted a previously cut or copied section of audio, the result would by that the sound is an octave too low.

Fixed [Build 152]: On Windows XP, after recording audio and "keeping take", you got the error " Could not open file" if the directory path for your song is too long. Often, this is about 4 or 5 folders from the root hard drive, so it can be a problem for songs saved in folders on the desktop or My Documents folder.

Fixed [Build 152]: As above, this also occurred when loading in a file with a very long folder.

Fixed [Build 152]: PAT file conversion issue in which blank spaces at the beginning of a line having a patch was causing the patch to not be converted.

Fixed [Build 152]: Gibberish issue with user-selectable fonts in the staff settings besides just the title font.

Fixed [Build 152]: Intermittent screen redraw issue involving the Title Window within BBW's main window that happened after completion of the Audio Harmony generation routines.

Added [Build 152]: Improved 'tab' order movement through many dialogs.

You would only need this patch if you purchased Melodist set 4 separately or got the Band-in-a-Box® 2005 MegaPAK before March of 2005. Please note that you must have Band-in-a-Box® Melodist 4 in order for this update to work.

Summary of Changes for Melodist 4 (March 8th 2005)

Added: New Dixieland Melodist databases.

Added: New Dixieland Melodist demo songs.

If you encounter a problem or have a concern with any of the features in this update, do not hesitate to contact us. Updated March 8th, 2005

Added [Build 73]: Option in Prefs-MIDI Options to enable drum bank changes. This should usually be left unchecked, since most synths don't use bank changes on drums. But if you require drum bank changes, then select this option.

Added [Build 73]: When using the Higher Bank Patch selection dialog, the selection remembers where it was for the last instrument, and tries to locate it in the dialog. This makes it easier to choose higher bank patches for different instruments.

Added [Build 73]: +/- indicator for the column that is sorted in the Songlist dialog.

Added [Build 73]: Songlist dialog, pressing first letter moves the current row to the row beginning with that letter.

Fixed [Build 73]: Exception was occurring when opening Songlist folders that were made with earlier versions of BB.

Added [Build 70]: The Fakesheet now displays the leadin bar if there are notes present in that bar.

Changed [Build 70]: Repeat symbols and 1st/2nd endings now won't display on the notation window or leadsheet window if the fakesheet checkbox is not checked.

Fixed [Build 70]: In certain cases, The Visual Metronome took focus from the main screen, so you needed to ctrl-alt-del out of Band-in-a-Box®. This was when embedded dialogs were on the screen.

Fixed [Build 70]: You can now load and save files to UNC folders (on other PC's on a network) such as \\My Dell PC\D_DRIVE\My Song.MGU

Fixed [Build 70]: In the Render to Audio File dialog, (Re)-Render to WAV file... had the DXi Render Help Hint instead of the correct one.

Fixed [Build 70]: If you had colors displayed, (absolute, or relative to key or chord), C notes always showed up black when using the Scriabin colour set.

Fixed [Build 70]: The Interval tutor was playing a unison interval instead of a lower second note when replay was selected, you guessed correctly, and no prior first guess was made.

Improved [Build 70]: About Box now shows information about system's physical memory and available physical memory, and a more accurate speed test.

Fixed [Build 70]: Saving a MIDI file when both a harmony and harmony changes at any bar are present.

Fixed [Build 70]: When audio was recorded for a short sequence (bar 1-5) for example, and a second recording take was made further on (bar 10) if you played the song from any other place than the beginning, the audio track was silent.

Fixed [Build 70]: Section Text events would not print unless the treble clef was selected and Print Note Based Lyrics was selected.

Fixed [Build 70]: In the Edit Repeats and Ending dialog, the help hints for the [Delete All] and [Edit List...] buttons were reversed. The [Delete All] hint had a typo. The [Options] button had the same help hint as [Show form].

Fixed [Build 70]: If the key box was selected, and the down arrow was used to change the key, if you responded that it was OK to transpose the song, Band-in-a-Box® would generate an Access Violation.

Fixed [Build 70]: When using the Ctrl-F keyboard shortcut to have the song play from any bar, you can now select the chorus by only using the keyboard using the TAB key and the up/down arrow keys.

Fixed [Build 70]: Using Ctrl+Shift+ Q or W to turn the volume of the selected instrument up or down, although the volume indicated in the synth window did change, the actual volume of the instrument playing did not change unless the user clicked on the volume control arrows.

Summary of Changes for 2004b (March 2004)

Improved: Stylpicker printout to clipboard works better for big lists.

Fixed: When you only print chords, no staves or notes, you get the left margin creeping over gradually.

Fixed: The Copyright info did not print

Fixed: If I select a song and exit the song list, when I return to the Song List window, the first song in the list was always selected, not the previously selected song.

Fixed: If Visible Metronome is turned on and a song is playing, going into nearly all dialogs and clicking an option will make that dialog lose focus and disappear behind the Band-in-a-Box® screen.

Fixed: The pop up hints for the Melodist and Soloist button had the hot keys switched.

Fixed: Soloist | Edit Soloist Track | Record to Soloist Part - when selected, there is a checkbox stating "Overdub underlying melody" = should state "Overdub underlying Soloist"

Fixed: Chord builder sometimes inserted chords at wrong location.

Fixed: If you set up any repeat such that the last bar of the repeat occurs on bar 5 or 9 or 13 ... , the last bar of the repeat showed up blank in the Lead Sheet and Print Preview windows in Fake sheet mode.

Fixed: Leadsheet and titlebar-main program bar highlighting with large latecny settings

Fixed: Ch15 message as first event after importing a MIDI file.

Fixed: some songs weren't playing to the end when there were time signature changes.

Summary of Changes for 2004a (January 2004)

Fixed: Access violation when printing.

Fixed: DXi functionality improved and much more stable.

If you encounter a problem or have a concern with any of the features in Band-in-a-Box®, do not hesitate to contact us. Updated June 7, 2004

NOTE: You should only need to use this patch if you are experiencing problems with fonts on Windows 2000 or XP, and you have Band-in-a-Box® 12 or earlier. If you do not currently have font issues, you do NOT need this patch. See the article about fonts in the Frequently Asked Question page for your version of Band-in-a-Box® if you are getting a font error.

You should restart your computer before and after installing this patch. If problems perist, delete the PG*.FOT files from \windows\system and restart your system.

If you encounter a problem or have a concern with any of the features in Band-in-a-Box®, do not hesitate to contact us. -Updated October 21, 2003

This patch will update Band-in-a-Box® Version 12.0 to version 12.0b automatically. Necessary files will be updated to the current versions. Please note that you must have Band-in-a-Box® Version 12.0 for this update to work.

Summary of Changes for version 12.0b (compared to 12.0a):

Added: Saving a file with a new name now added to the recently used files list.

Added: Disable tab display option (option in print options).

Added: A new feature to allow XG synths that don't have patch 41 for brushes to still hear brush sounds. To access the XG-brushes feature, choose Edit-Prefs-Prefs2-and set "Drum Brushes" to XG. Then the drums will get mapped to XG note numbers in BB songs and MIDI files.

Fixed: Section text works for tracks other than Melody or Soloist (eg. Bass).

Fixed: Printing bass clef only, the section text will still show up.

Fixed: Notation print problem when only printing chords (no notes).

Fixed: Minor enhancements in custom file dialog, and name is now g32.exe instead of f32.

Fixed: Saving MGX file now remembers the style.

Fixed: Higher banks saved for all instruments. Bank assignments now auto-saved for Melody and Soloist part.

Added: Non-English versions only - Style lists improved/changed for international (non English) versions. Note: if using an International version, you might need to copy BBWX.LST to overwrite BBW.LST where X is the first letter of the language you are using.

If you encounter a problem or have a concern with any of the features in Band-in-a-Box®, do not hesitate to contact us. Updated March 14, 2003

This patch will update Band-in-a-Box® Version 12.0 to version 12.0a automatically. Necessary files will be updated to the current versions. Please note that you must have Band-in-a-Box® Version 12.0 for this update to work.

To apply the Band-in-a-Box® 12.0a update: Double-click BBW12A.EXE. When prompted, either accept the default destination c:\bb or enter another location, and then click the 'OPEN' button.

Note: A backup of any files that are modified will be copied to a backup folder (i.e. c:\bb\backup). If you ever want to revert to the previous version of the program that you had before applying the patch, rename and copy the files from the c:\bb\backup folder to c:\bb, and choose "OK to Overwrite."

Summary of Changes for version 12.0a2:

This is a maintenence release.

Fixed: Font issues in Windows XP

Improved the saving of the style wizard data to be forward compatible with future versions of BB.

Fixed: Error about invalid # typed in if importing a MIDI file after using stylewizard in the same session.

This patch will update Band-in-a-Box® version 11.x to version 11.0c2. Please note that you must have version 11.0 (or higher) to use the update. If you are using any other version, the update will not succeed. To check which version of Band-in-a-Box® you have, choose "About Band-in-a-Box®" from the Help menu. Please refer to the readme.txt file for more information.

Changes for version 11.0c2, compared to 11.0b:

Improved: For styles with a bass instrument on the bass part, the lowest note played will be E2 (the lowest note on a standard bass guitar). This can be set to a lower value, in Options-Prefs. If 'skip notes' are used in the style (ie brief notes that are lower than E2 used to simulate the sound of a muted note), they will be heard but not displayed on the notation.

StyleMaker "Stylechecker" enhanced. More messages about pushes present / lacking in style, more detailed messages about loud notes near the end of a pattern. Messages about low bass notes in the style, and masks on ending patterns added. Fixed: Stylmaker notation window will always show only bars 1&2 of the pattern, instead of scrolling past that.

Big Lyrics Window: when using a software synth with a latency setting (eg. VSC3), the lyric display is now in syn with the music.

Enhanced: During playback, the instrumens used in the style will highlight in blue at the top, the unused ones are in purple. (this was added in 11.0c2, not 11.0c)

Size of Floating Notation window saved.

Stem positions for notes in a chord was improved for certain font sizes. (11.0c2)

Enhancements for bass-clef instruments like trombone/ bass guitar. These instruments use bass clef, so you can now set the Melody and Soloist tracks to always display bass clef notation only. To do this, open the notation window options dialog, select the "Transpose" combo box, and choose an instrument like "trombone". This sets the treble/bass clef 'split point' for the notation to a high value like C8, which will then allow all notation to be displayed on the bass clef, and will only display the bass clef for Melody and Soloist tracks in the leadsheet window.

Notation enhancment, the Max. # of ledger line setting now works for treble and bass clefs.

Fixed: MIDI File save wasn't working for certain styles when "include lead in" wasn't selected in the Options-Prefs dialog.

This patch will update Band-in-a-Box® version 11.x to version 11.0b. Please note that you must have version 11 to use the update. If you are using any other version, the update will not succeed. To check which version of Band-in-a-Box® you have, choose About Band-in-a-Box® from the Help menu. Please refer to the readme.txt for more information.

This patch will update Band-in-a-Box® version 10.0 - 10.0b to version 10.0c. Please note that you must have versions 10.0 to use the update. If you are using any other version, the update will not succeed.

To check which version of Band-in-a-Box® you have, choose About Band-in-a-Box® from the Help menu. Please refer to the readme.txt for more information.

Changes for version 10.0c:

Added: Pressing in the Chord Builder advances the chord position by 2 beats

This patch will update Band-in-a-Box® version 10.0 or 10.0a to version 10.0b. Please note that you must have versions 10.0 to use the update. If you are using any other version, the update will not succeed.

To check which version of Band-in-a-Box® you have, choose About Band-in-a-Box® from the Help menu. Please refer to the readme.txt for more information.

Changes for version 10.0b:

Fixed: Playing from any bar with high bar numbers was not working sometimes.

Feature added: Chord Builder now has buttons to advance the bar numbers and clear chord.

Feature added: The bar and beat number track the chordsheet and other windows. This allows you to keep the chord builder window open and enter new chords with much less keystrokes / mouse clicks!

This patch will update Band-in-a-Box® version 10.0 to version 10.0a. Please note that you must have versions 10.0 to use the update. If you are using any other version, the update will not succeed. To check which version of Band-in-a-Box® you have, choose About Band-in-a-Box® from the Help menu. Please refer to the readme.txt for more information.

Use the compressed *.EXE version if the patch update reports that it cannot find the correct file.

Changes for version 10.0a:

Guitar Chord Melody generation: Generating a solo for 'part' of a song (instead of the whole song) has been fixed.

This patch will update Band-in-a-Box® version 9.0-9.0c to version 9.0d. Please note that you must have versions 9.0 to use the update. If you are using any other version, the update will not succeed. To check which version of Band-in-a-Box® you have, choose About Band-in-a-Box® from the Help menu. Please refer to the readme.txt for more information.

Changes for version 9.0d:

Fixed: MIDI Output Driver choice sometimes had to be repeated

Fixed: In waltz time, a half note on beat 2 was sometimes misdrawn as a whole note

Changes for version 9.0c:

Better support for LS3 files

Fixed: Tijuana style not displayed in StylePicker

Changes for version 9.0b:

Support for new styles 20, 21, 22, 23.

Style limit for style picker increased to 2000 from 1000.

Support for LS3 files (style definitions for 3rd party style manufacturers)

Fixed: 640x480 menu item for copy-choruses

Fixed: Help items not working (note roll options more, and style aliases)

Dialog space increased for translated versions

Changes for version 9.0a:

Rendering to audio error on NT "error renaming file" - fixed

Lyrics now shift when using edit-insert bars, edit-delete bars or intro-generate/remove

Error that happened when using "large fonts", and launching choose folder dialog is now fixed (there is a new f32.exe file for this).

Language support added, compatible with previous translations, and strings externalized.

Undo Chord Solo on Soloist Track now works

Note lyrics sometimes lost during save - fixed

Big piano window track changes when clicking from notation window

After generating guitar chord solo, will now prompt prior to saving a song

This patch will update Band-in-a-Box® version 9.0 to version 9.0a. Please note that you must have versions 9.0 to use the update. If you are using any other version, the update will not succeed. To check which version of Band-in-a-Box® you have, choose About Band-in-a-Box® from the Help menu. Please refer to the readme.txt for more information.

Changes for version 9.0a:

Rendering to audio error on NT "error renaming file" - fixed

Lyrics now shift when using edit-insert bars, edit-delete bars or intro-generate/remove

Error that happened when using "large fonts", and launching choose folder dialog is now fixed (there is a new f32.exe file for this).

Language support added, compatible with previous translations, and strings externalized.

Undo Chord Solo on Soloist Track now works

Note lyrics sometimes lost during save - fixed

Big piano window track changes when clicking from notation window

After generating guitar chord solo, will now prompt prior to saving a song

This patch will update Band-in-a-Box® version 8.0, 8.0a or 8.0b to version 8.0c. Please note that you must have versions 8.0, 8.0a or 8.0b to use the 8.0c update. If you are using any other version, the update will not succeed.

To check which version of Band-in-a-Box® you have, choose About Band-in-a-Box® from the Help menu. Please refer to the readme.txt for more information.

Changes for version 8.0c

Fixed: Bug Fixed where "Allow Pedals in Middle Choruses" option couldn't be set to off

Fixed: Timing on importing MIDI file to Melody when Lyrics present.

Added: If using Windows 3.1 and 640x480, some menus will now show in two columns to avoid scrolling

Added: Limit of # of styles in the StylePicker dialog increased from 800 to 1,500 (BBW.LST file)

Fixed: Occasional GPF with editing notes in notation fixed.

Changes for version 8.0b

Added: The SAVE button on the main screen has always really functioned as a SaveAS button. There's now an option in Options-Prefs2 to allow the button to function as a "Save" button instead.

Added: The Drums plugin has been enhanced. The SPACEBAR used to stop playback, but this was being hit inadvertently by people as they played the drums (especially when children were using it). An option has been added to require Ctrl-Spacebar to stop the song.

Added: After recording, if you're using a Software Synth like the VSC-88 that has a delay (latency), BB will automatically shift the track back by the amount of the latency.

Added: BBY.HLP file support has been added, this is a help file for Windows 3.1 or NT users only (Windows 95/98 users do not require this file)

Fixed: Some synth modules with small MIDI buffers were getting a "MIDI Buffer Full" message when stop was pressed.

Fixed: In MIDI files generated by BB, Drum Patch changes for brushes were getting written with patch #1 instead of patch 41.

Fixed: A bug when using the "Take Again" button in the Record (it was sometimes recording to the Soloist track instead of the Melody).

Maintenance fixes on any problems reported are implemented.

Changes for version 8.0a

This Update is recommended for Users of Windows 3.1 or Windows NT. Windows 95 users are not recommended to update unless you are experiencing any of the following:

Notation: 2 small improvements in notation display in unusual circumstances (following "hard" rests, and following time signature changes).

Default name for MIDI file improved, now defaults to the title of the song (not file name)

Misidentification of CPU type in the About box fixed, and "Speed Test" added in the about box.

This patch will update Band-in-a-Box® version 7.0d or greater to version 7.0g automatically. Please note that you must have version 7.0d or greater to use the 7.0g update. If you are using any other version, the update will not succeed.Please refer to readme.txt for installation instructions.

Changes For Version 7.0g

Support for playback of live drums and custom drum kits. (Styles Disks 9 & 10)

New "recording metronome" option in the prefs dialog (useful for styles without drums such as classical styles).

Ability to create styles with live drums or custom drum kits.

Allows the import of a MIDI file to step time patterns by analyzing the pattern to eliminate duplicate patterns. Those options are also accessed from the StyleMaker menu.

New Feature -"slide" a pattern in the StyleMaker (move it by ticks forward or backward)

This patch will update Band-in-a-Box® version 7.0 or 7.0x to version 7.03e. Please note that you must have at least version 7.x or greater to use the 7.0e update. If you are using any other version, the update will not succeed.

To check which version of Band-in-a-Box® you have, choose About Band-in-a-Box® from the Help menu. Please refer to bbw70e.txt for more information.

Changes for version 7.0e:

This update adds new functionality such as the ability to play Soloist Disk Sets which extend the soloing capabilities of the soloist feature. You can now set the soloist feature to specific styles such as bluegrass or modern jazz. This update also fixes reported problems with version 7.0.

Please note that you must have at least version 7.0 to use the 7.0d update. If you are using any other version, the update will not succeed. To check which version of Band-in-a-Box® you have, choose About Band-in-a-Box® from the Help menu.

Once you have downloaded the Band-in-a-Box® 7.0d update, refer to bbw70d.txt for installation instructions.

This patch corrects Windows 95 display problems with the notation buttons. You should only use this patch if you are running Windows 95. Please note that you must have at least version 6.03 to use the 6.04 update. If you are using any other version, the update will not succeed. To check which version of Band-in-a-Box® you have, choose About Band-in-a-Box® from the Help menu.

This patch will update Band-in-a-Box® version 5.04 to version 5.05. Please note that you must have version 5.04 or greater to use the 5.05 update. If you are using any other version, the update will not succeed.

Please refer to readme.txt for installation instructions.

Changes for version 5.05

JukeBox feature

Simple printout of chords/lyrics

Improved lyrics

Improved drivers for SoundBlaster and Yamaha C1

Added support for all Voyetra drivers VAPI/SAPI/TAPI (V22/V24/IBM PS1/ etc.)

This patch will update Band-in-a-Box® version 5.03 or greater to version 5.05. Please note that you must have version 5.03 or greater to use the 5.05 update. If you are using any other version, the update will not succeed.

Please refer to readme.txt for installation instructions.

Changes for version 5.05

JukeBox feature

Simple printout of chords/lyrics

Improved lyrics

Improved drivers for SoundBlaster and Yamaha C1

Added support for all Voyetra drivers VAPI/SAPI/TAPI (V22/V24/IBM PS1/ etc.)

This patch will update Band-in-a-Box® version 5.02 or greater to version 5.05. Please note that you must have version 5.02 or greater to use the 5.05 update. If you are using any other version, the update will not succeed.

Please refer to readme.txt for installation instructions.

Changes for version 5.05

JukeBox feature

Simple printout of chords/lyrics

Improved lyrics

Improved drivers for SoundBlaster and Yamaha C1

Added support for all Voyetra drivers VAPI/SAPI/TAPI (V22/V24/IBM PS1/ etc.)

This patch will update Band-in-a-Box® version 5.01 or greater to version 5.05. Please note that you must have version 5.01 or greater to use the 5.05 update. If you are using any other version, the update will not succeed.

Please refer to readme.txt for installation instructions.

Changes for version 5.05

JukeBox feature

Simple printout of chords/lyrics

Improved lyrics

Improved drivers for SoundBlaster and Yamaha C1

Added support for all Voyetra drivers VAPI/SAPI/TAPI (V22/V24/IBM PS1/ etc.)

This patch will update Band-in-a-Box® version 5.0 or greater to version 5.05. Please note that you must have version 5.0 or greater to use the 5.05 update. If you are using any other version, the update will not succeed.

Please refer to readme.txt for installation instructions.

Changes for version 5.05

JukeBox feature

Simple printout of chords/lyrics

Improved lyrics

Improved drivers for SoundBlaster and Yamaha C1

Added support for all Voyetra drivers VAPI/SAPI/TAPI (V22/V24/IBM PS1/ etc.)

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